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2026-07-15 10:06:16
[National Bureau of Statistics: Industrial Production Grew Rapidly, Equipment Manufacturing and High-Tech Manufacturing Showed Strong Growth] In the first half of the year, the value added of industries above designated size nationwide increased by 5.4% year-on-year. By major sector, the value added of mining increased by 3.6%, manufacturing by 5.6%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water by 5.5%. The value added of equipment manufacturing increased by 9.3% year-on-year, and the value added of high-tech manufacturing increased by 13.3%, respectively 3.9 and 7.9 percentage points faster than the overall value added of industries above designated size. By economic type, the value added of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 4.3% year-on-year; joint-stock enterprises by 5.9%; foreign-invested enterprises and enterprises invested by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan by 3.2%; and private enterprises by 4.6%. By product, the output of 3D printing equipment, lithium-ion batteries, and industrial robots increased by 48.5%, 39.3%, and 28.0% year-on-year, respectively. In June, the value added of industries above designated size increased by 5.3% year-on-year, 0.8 percentage points faster than the previous month; and increased by 0.76% month-on-month. In June, the manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) was 50.3%, up 0.3 percentage points from the previous month; the business activity expectation index was 54.3%, up 0.4 percentage points. From January to May, the total profits of industrial enterprises above the designated size nationwide reached 3.144 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.8%.
