According to data provided by Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Jakarta remains the biggest contributor to the national economy. The province contributed 17 percent to the gross domestic product (GDP), followed by East Java and West Java, in the second quarter of 2020, Baswedan noted.
Meanwhile, according to BPS, the gross regional domestic product of Jakarta has reached Rp721.5 trillion in the second quarter of 2021, he said.
The governor also revealed that Jakarta's economic growth in the second quarter of 2021 is in the positive zone at 10.9 percent.
Based on Jakarta BPS data, this economic growth has followed an 8.33-percent contraction during the same period of 2021.
This is a sign of an economic recovery that must be utilized by entrepreneurs, Baswedan said.
One of the strategies that the Jakarta provincial government is implementing is vaccination as it is one of the solutions to recover the economy from COVID-19's impact, the governor added.
"Vaccination has become important. This has become a game-changer and we hope that the vaccination movement can be completed soon," he said.
As of Sunday, the number of first COVID-19 vaccine dose recipients in Jakarta has reached 9.6 million, 107.7 percent of the 8.9 million targeted recipients.
Earlier, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto had said that stemming the spread of COVID-19 is key for accelerating Indonesia's economic recovery in the second quarter of 2021.
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