[Zhejiang achieved a total retail sales of consumer goods of 2,885.8 billion yuan in the first three quarters, a year-on-year increase of 1.6%] October 26th, Zhejiang released its economic performance in the first three quarters. On the demand side, Zhejiang achieved a total retail sales of consumer goods of 2,885.8 billion yuan in the first three quarters, an increase of 1.6%, and the growth rate was 0.5 percentage points faster than the national level. During the same period, fixed asset investment fell by 11.9% year-on-year, and fixed asset investment excluding real estate development fell by 5.0%, which were 4.7 percentage points and 0.8 percentage points greater than the national decline respectively. In addition, Zhejiang's total import and export value in the first three quarters was 4.57 trillion yuan, of which imports were 1.09 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.4%; exports were 3.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.2%; the growth rates of both imports and exports hit new highs in the same period since 2023.