(national Bureau of Statistics: the economic growth rate in the second quarter of this year may be significantly faster than that in the first quarter)-- Fu Linghui, spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics, said at a news conference today that since the beginning of this year, China's economy as a whole has shown a trend of recovery, the main indicators have stabilized and rebounded, the vitality of business entities has increased, and market expectations have improved significantly, laying a good foundation for achieving the expected development goals for the whole year. From the next stage, the endogenous driving force of China's economic growth is gradually increasing, macro policies are effective, and economic operation is expected to improve as a whole. Considering that the base affected by the epidemic is relatively low in the second quarter of last year, the economic growth rate in the second quarter of this year may be significantly faster than that in the first quarter. With the increase of the base in the third and fourth quarters, the growth rate will be lower than that in the second quarter. If the impact of the base figure is not taken into account, overall economic growth for the whole year is expected to show a gradual rebound trend.