According to the National Bureau of Statistics on March 18, from January to February, the industrial added value above designated size increased by 7.0% year-on-year (the growth rate of added value is the real growth rate after deducting price factors). From a month-on-month point of view, in February, the industrial added value above designated size increased by 0.56% over the previous month. Divided into three categories, the value added of mining in January-February increased by 2.3 per cent year-on-year, manufacturing by 7.7 per cent, and electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply by 7.9 per cent. By economic type, from January to February, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 5.8% year-on-year; The growth of joint-stock enterprises was 7.3%, and that of foreign-invested enterprises and those invested by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan increased by 6.2%. The private sector grew 6.5 percent.
From January to February, 39 of the 41 major categories of industries maintained year-on-year growth in added value. Among them, the coal mining and washing industry grew by 1.4%, the oil and natural gas extraction industry by 3.0%, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry by 2.3%, the wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry by 8.1%, the textile industry by 6.6%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry by 10.0%, and the non-metallic mineral products industry by 3.9%. Ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grew by 8.7%, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry by 12.5%, general equipment manufacturing by 4.1%, special equipment manufacturing by 2.0%, automobile manufacturing by 9.8%, railway, shipping, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing by 11.0%. The manufacturing of electrical machinery and equipment increased by 4.6%, the manufacturing of computers, communications and other electronic equipment increased by 14.6%, and the production and supply of electricity and heat increased by 7.8%.
By product, in January and February, 418 products out of 619 products increased year-on-year. Among them, 213.43 million tons of steel, an increase of 7.9%; 182.8 million tons of cement, down 1.6%; Ten kinds of non-ferrous metals 12.77 million tons, an increase of 5.7%; 5.15 million tons of ethylene, down 0.9%; The number of automobiles was 3.835 million, up 4.4%, of which 1.189 million were new energy vehicles, up 25.6%; Power generation was 1.487 billion KWH, up 8.3%; Crude oil processing capacity was 118.76 million tons, up by 3.0%. From January to February, the sales rate of industrial enterprises above designated size was 96.0%, down 0.1 percentage points year on year. The export delivery value of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 2,146.6 billion yuan, up by 0.4% year-on-year in nominal terms.
