China 2Q entrepreneur confidence index down,but business climate index up

二季度中國企業(yè)家信心指數(shù)回落企業(yè)景氣指數(shù)提升

China's entrepreneur confidence index,a gange of the understanding,views and projections of business people,declined in the second quarter of this year,but the business climate index,a major measure of macroeconomic outlook,rose.The entrepreneur confidence index was 133 in the second quarter,dipping 2.5 points from the first quarter,and the business climate index stood at 135.9,up 3 points,according to a national climate survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS).

The entrepreneur confidence index was mix for various sectors in April-June.The index for social service sector was 136.4,up 3.5 points over the first quarter;that for boarding and catering， 131.8，up four points； construction， and transport， storage and postal service， 142.8 and 128 respectively，showing a steady confidence by entrepreneurs. The entrepreneur confidence index of three sectors of industry，wholesales and retails， and information transmission，computer service and software was 131,139.4 and 149 respectively,sliding by different marhin;that of real estate was 109.3,down 23 points.The entrepreneur confidence index of state-owned enterprises,joint-stock cooperative companies, and companies involving investment from Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan,133.9,117.7 and 132.1 respectively,about the same level of the first quarter;and that of collective companies,companies with limited liability,joint-stock companies,private companies,and foreign-invested companies dropped.The entrepreneur confidence index of large enterprises was 147.7,still at a high level,but dropping 4.3 points from the first quarter;that of midsize companies and small companies at 133.4,118.5,down 2.7 points and 2.6 points,respectively.

China's industrial business climate index was 133.6 in the second quarter,up 3.5 points over the first quarter.The 39 major industrial enterprises continued at the boom zone.The climate index of construction,transport,storage and postal service,social service,information transmission,computer service and software,and boarding and catering companies stood at 142.4,131.8,134.7,151.3 and 128.8,up 8.8,1.1,3.9,1.6 and 6.5 points from the previous quarter,respectively;that of wholesales and retails companies was 145.3,dropping a bit but still staying at a high level;and that of real estate companies,127.3,down 8.5 points.

The index of various types of registered companies stayed at the boom zone for four quarters running.The business climate index of state-owned enterprises,jointstock cooperative companies with investment from Hong Kong， Macao and Taiwan， and foreign-invested companies was 135.5,116.5,131.5,147.1,140.1 and 143.2,which was 5.1,3.6,2.3,3.5,8.5 and 1.8 points higher over the first quarter,respectively;and thatof collective companies and private companies was 107.4 and 121.4,down about 5 points from the previous quarter.

The business climate index of large,midsize and small companies stood at 161.9,135.3 and 115.6,up 3.3,3 and 1.8 points from the first quarter.