2023年上半年，全国黄金企业生产恢复正常，主力矿山全部实现复工复产，产能恢复至疫情前水平，全行业呈现出稳中向好的高质量发展趋势。随着经济社会全面恢复常态化运行，国民经济回升向好，全国黄金消费总体呈现较快恢复态势。
Production of China's gold enterprises has returned to normal in the first quarter of 2023 with output recovering to pre-epidemic levels. [Photo/VCG]周二发布的行业数据显示，今年上半年中国黄金产量和消费量均保持稳定增长。
China's gold output and consumption both saw stable growth in the first half of this year, industry data showed on Tuesday.据中国黄金协会最新统计数据显示，2023年上半年，国内原料黄金产量为近178.6吨，同比增长2.24%。
The country produced nearly 178.6 tonnes of gold during the period, an increase of 2.24 percent year on year, data from the China Gold Association revealed.2023年上半年，全国黄金消费量554.88吨，与2022年同期相比增长16.37%。
In the January-June period, gold consumption in China reached 554.88 tonnes, surging 16.37 percent year on year, according to the association.其中：黄金首饰368.26吨，同比增长14.82%；金条及金币146.31吨，同比增长30.12%。
In breakdown, the consumption of gold jewelry in China stood at 368.26 tonnes, up 14.82 percent from a year earlier, while that of gold coins and bars soared by 30.12 percent year on year to 146.31 tonnes in the first six months.数据显示，2023年上半年，工业及其他用金40.31吨，同比下降7.65%。
During the same period, gold consumption for industrial and other uses shrank by 7.65 percent from a year earlier to 40.31 tonnes, according to the CGA.上半年，国内黄金ETF持仓规模有所下降，较2022年底减持1.26吨，截至6月末，国内黄金ETF持有量约50.16吨。
Tuesday's data also showed that in the first half of 2023, investors had reduced their holdings of gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by 1.26 tonnes from the end of 2022. By the end of June 2023, total holdings of gold ETFs in the Chinese market were about 50.16 tonnes.