Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region’s GDP has increased 12.2 percent year-on-year to 38.5 billion yuan (US$6.1 billion) during the first quarter of 2012, up 2.5 percentage points from the growth in the previous year, according to a recent news briefing on the region’s social economy in Q1.

In breakdown, the primary industry registers 3 percent growth in added value, and 16 percent and 9 percent for the secondary and tertiary industries respectively.