In the first quarter of this year, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, reported a year-on-year increase of 16 percent to 245.99 billion yuan ($37.88 billion).

During the period, the city's fixed-asset investment increased by 32.9 percent, 12.7 and 11.4 percentage points higher than that of the country and the province, respectively.

The total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 130.09 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.2 percent.

In the three months, Xi'an's foreign trade value came in at 89.14 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.7 percent. The city's exports totaled 44.17 billion yuan, up 16.7 percent year-on-year, while imports increased by 5.5 percent to 44.97 billion yuan.

With the support of the city's policies to help stabilize enterprises, 323 key industrial enterprises continued to work during the Spring Festival this year, and the advanced manufacturing industry showed a trend of strong growth.

The output value of the six pillar industries above designated size increased by 42.8 percent, accounting for 77.1 percent of the city's total.

Also, the investment sector maintained a relatively high growth rate, providing strong support for the city's high-quality economic development.

Over the three-month period, the industrial investment, private investment and infrastructure investment increase by 21.6 percent, 46.2 percent and 68.2 percent, respectively.