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A |     新华社北京8月19日电（记者吉宁）记者19日从京津冀协同发展统计监测办公室了解到，2026年上半年，京津冀实现地区生产总值6.0万亿元，按不变价格计算，同比增长5.1%。京津冀全域面积21.6万平方公里，常住人口超1亿。    KAMPALA, Uganda -- Jostling for space, people jam the crowded footpaths crisscrossing a massive open market in Uganda's capital. They are mostly looking for secondhand clothing, sifting through underwear for pairs that seem new or trying on shoes despite getting pushed around in the crush.Downtown Kampala’s Owino Market has long been a go-to enclave for rich and poor people alike looking for affordable but quality-made used clothes, underscoring perceptions that Western fashion is superior to what is made at home. Discarded by Europeans and Americans, these clothes are often purchased from wholesalers and then shipped to African countries by middlemen. It's a multimillion-dollar business, with some two-thirds of people in seven countries in East Africa having “purchased at least a portion of their clothes from the secondhand clothing market,” according to a 2017 U.S. Agency for International Development study, the most recent with such details.Despite the popularity, secondhand clothes are facing increasing pushback. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, a semi-authoritarian leader who has held power since 1986, declared in August that he was banning imports of used clothing, saying the items are coming “from dead people.” “When a white person dies, they gather their clothes and send them to Africa,” Museveni said.Trade authorities have not yet enforced the president’s order, which needs to be backed by a legal measure such as an executive order. Other African governments also are trying to stop the shipments, saying the business amounts to dumping and undermines the growth of local textile industries. The East African Community trade bloc — consisting of Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda — has recommended banning imports of used apparel since 2016. However, member states have not enforced it at the same pace amid pressure from Washington. In Uganda, the president's order has spread panic among traders, for whom such a ban, if implemented, spells disaster. They hawk used clothes in scores of large open-air markets across the country of 45 million people, at roadside stands and even in shops in malls where it’s possible to buy secondhand clothes marketed as new.The clothes are cheap and drop further in price as traders make room for new shipments: a pair of denim jeans can go for 20 cents, a cashmere scarf for even less.At one of Uganda’s Green Shops, a chain specializing in used clothes, apparel reseller Glen Kalungi shopped for items his customers might want: vintage pants for men and cottony tops for women.“I am a thrift shopper,” he said. “I usually come to these Green Shops to check out clothes because they have the best prices around town.”Kalungi likes to visit on clearance days when he can buy clothes for a fraction of a dollar. Then he sells them at a profit.The chain, whose owners include Europeans, unveils new clothes every two weeks at its three stores. Some of the items are sourced from suppliers in countries including China and Germany, retail manager Allan Zavuga said.“How they collect the clothes, we are not aware of that,” Zavuga said of their suppliers. “But (the clothes) go through all the verification, the fumigation, all that, before they are shipped to Uganda. And we get all documents for that.”The Green Shops are environmentally friendly because they recycle used clothes in bulk, he said.The association of traders in Kampala, known by the acronym KACITA, opposes a firm ban on used apparel, recommending a phased embargo that allows local clothing producers to build capacity to meet demand.Some Ugandan apparel makers, like Winfred Arinaitwe, acknowledge that the quality of locally made fabric is often poor. Not surprisingly, many people would rather buy used clothing, she said. "Because it lasts longer,” she said. “It can easily be seen.”In Owino Market, a ban on used clothes is inconceivable to many, including some who say they don't think the president’s threat was serious.Abdulrashid Ssuuna, who tries to persuade customers in the market to stop by his brother’s used clothing business, said a ban would deny him a livelihood.“It’s like they want to chase us out of the country,” he said of the president’s order. “From these old clothes, we get what to eat. If you say we leave this business, you are saying we go into new clothes. But we can’t afford to go there.”Ssuuna approaches people in Owino Market to urge them to visit the stall where his brother sells used jeans. The market is aggressively competitive, with merchants sitting behind heaps of clothes and shouting words of welcome to possible customers.If he helps his brother sell clothing, “I get something,” said Ssuuna, who started this work after dropping out of high school in 2020.The market is always full of shoppers, but business is unpredictable: Traders must try to anticipate what customers are looking for before they are lured by other sellers. Some days are better than others, said Tadeo Walusimbi, who has been a used-clothes trader for six years. A government ban is simply untenable, he warned. It “will not work for me and for so many people,” Walusimbi said.。地域毗邻、人文相亲的区位禀赋，为三地深度融合、协同共进筑牢根基。数据显示，今年上半年，京津冀区域实现服务业增加值4.3万亿元，同比增长5.8%，三地分别增长6.1%、5.5%和5.5%。高端制造表现活跃，京津规模以上高技术制造业分别增长15.7%和8.7%，京冀规模以上工业战略性新兴产业分别增长12.8%和10.9%。首都都市圈建设纵深推进，三地紧抓北京（京津冀）国际科技创新中心扩围契机，持续推动科技创新和产业创新深度融合。今年上半年，天津规模以上智能机器人产业链工业增加值增长18%；保定·中关村创新中心新增签约企业34家，电力与新能源高端装备、新一代信息技术、生命健康等三大主导产业集聚度超75%。天津来自京冀的产业项目到位金额1155.3亿元，同比增长16.6%，占全部产业项目到位金额的55%。今年上半年，雄安新区央企总部、高校、医院等疏解项目加快落地和运营，固定资产投资（不含农户）同比增长10.3%，截至6月底，汇聚69家空天信息领域企业、9个创新平台；集聚稳准智能、华清智言等96家人工智能企业，研发近30款大模型。

B | 民生保障亮点颇多。

C | 今年上半年，京津冀三地居民人均可支配收入分别为47290元、30581元和18801元，同比分别增长4.8%、4.8%和5.7%。农村居民收入增长继续快于城镇居民，城乡居民收入比继续缩小。教育、医疗协作持续深化，北京大学人民医院石家庄医院会诊转诊服务中心揭牌，提升远程诊疗服务水平，京津冀医养结合联盟成员单位达550家。

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