OREANDA-NEWS. In the first two months of this year, the growth rate of east China's Anhui province's major economic indicators were significantly higher than the national average level, the provincial bureau of statistics said on March 28.

About investment, during the Jan-Feb period, Anhui's fixed assets investment amounted to 160.36 billion yuan, up 23.1 percent year-on-year, 1.9 percentage points higher than the national average. Manufacturing investment posted a growth of 21.6 percent.

In consumption, the retail sales of consumer goods above designated amount increased 16.6 percent to 53.31 billion yuan. Such a rise was 6.4 percentage points higher than the nation's.

Regarding foreign trade, Anhui province saw the total export-import volume experiencing a surge of 79.8 percent to USD 8.03 billion, ranking fifth in China. And the export volume totaled USD 5.74 billion, a year-on-year growth of 1.4 times.