From January to February, China's industrial added value above designated size increased by 6.3% year-on-year, with the electronic equipment manufacturing industry growing by 14.2%

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On March 16, the National Bureau of Statistics announced that from January to February, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.3% year-on-year in real terms (the growth rate of added value is the actual growth rate after excluding price factors), up from the previous value of only 5.2%. On a month-on-month basis, in February, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size grew by 0.83% compared to the previous month.

Looking at the three major categories, from January to February, the added value of the mining industry increased by 6.1%, manufacturing grew by 6.6%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas, and water increased by 4.7%.

By economic type, from January to February, the added value of state-controlled enterprises increased by 4.2%; joint-stock enterprises grew by 6.9%, foreign and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan-invested enterprises increased by 4.0%; and private enterprises grew by 7.4%.

By industry, from January to February, 35 out of 41 major industries saw an increase in added value year-on-year.

Among them, the coal mining and washing industry grew by 7.2%, the oil and natural gas extraction industry increased by 5.8%, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry grew by 6.1%, the wine, beverage, and refined tea manufacturing industry increased by 4.3%, the textile industry grew by 5.3%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 7.6%, the non-metallic mineral products industry grew by 2.5%, the black metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 2.2%, the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grew by 3.9%, the general equipment manufacturing industry increased by 8.9%, the special equipment manufacturing industry grew by 8.8%, the automobile manufacturing industry increased by 3.4%, the manufacturing of railway, ship, aerospace, and other transportation equipment grew by 13.7%, the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 8.7%, and the manufacturing of computers, communications, and other electronic equipment grew by 14.2%, while the production and supply of electricity and heat increased by 5.1%.

By product, from January to February, among 626 types of products in industrial enterprises above designated size, 397 types saw an increase in output year-on-year.

Among them, steel production was 221.19 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.1%; cement production was 178.27 million tons, an increase of 6.8%; the production of ten non-ferrous metals was 13.42 million tons, an increase of 3.9%; ethylene production was 6.6 million tons, an increase of 5.1%; automobile production was 4.024 million units, a decrease of 9.9%, of which new energy vehicles accounted for 1.604 million units, a decrease of 13.7%; electricity generation was 1,571.8 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 4.1%; and crude oil processing was 122.63 million tons, an increase of 2.9%.

From January to February, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises above designated size was 95.4%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.1 percentage points; the export delivery value of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 2,405 billion yuan, a nominal year-on-year increase of 6.3%.