Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: In the first quarter, the value added of the electronic information manufacturing industry in China increased by 11.5% year-on-year.

On April 30th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the operational status of the electronic information manufacturing industry in the first quarter of 2025. In the first quarter, the value added of the electronic information manufacturing industry above a certain scale increased by 11.5% year-on-year, with growth rates 5 percentage points and 1.8 percentage points higher than the same period in the industrial and high-tech manufacturing sectors, respectively. In March, the value added of the electronic information manufacturing industry above a certain scale increased by 13.1%. Among the main products, the production of microcomputers was 79.56 million units, an increase of 7.5% year-on-year; the production of integrated circuits was 109.5 billion pieces, an increase of 6.0% year-on-year; and the production of smartphones was 274 million units, a decrease of 1.1% year-on-year. The original text is as follows: Operational Status of the Electronic Information Manufacturing Industry in the First Quarter of 2025 In the first quarter, China's electronic information manufacturing industry experienced fast production growth, maintained export growth, steadily improved efficiency, sustained rapid investment, and overall industry development situation. 1. Fast Production Growth In the first quarter, the value added of the electronic information manufacturing industry above a certain scale increased by 11.5% year-on-year, with growth rates 5 percentage points and 1.8 percentage points higher than the same period in the industrial and high-tech manufacturing sectors, respectively. In March, the value added of the electronic information manufacturing industry above a certain scale increased by 13.1%. Among the main products, the production of microcomputers was 79.56 million units, an increase of 7.5% year-on-year; the production of integrated circuits was 109.5 billion pieces, an increase of 6.0% year-on-year; and the production of smartphones was 274 million units, a decrease of 1.1% year-on-year. 2. Maintained Export Growth In the first quarter, the cumulative export delivery value of the electronic information manufacturing industry above a certain scale increased by 7.1% year-on-year, which was 1.2 percentage points higher than January-February. In March, the electronic information manufacturing industry above a certain scale achieved a year-on-year increase in export delivery value of 8.6%. According to customs statistics, in the first quarter, China exported 33.35 million laptops, an increase of 3.2% year-on-year; 23.56 million TVs, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year; and 76.1 billion integrated circuits, an increase of 22% year-on-year. 3. Steady Improvement in Efficiency In the first quarter, the electronic information manufacturing industry above a certain scale achieved operating income of 3.79 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.6% year-on-year; operating costs of 3.34 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.2% year-on-year; total profits of 102.7 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2% year-on-year; and an operating income profit margin of 2.7%, which was 1 percentage point higher than in January-February. In March, the operating income of the electronic information manufacturing industry above a certain scale was 1.46 trillion yuan, an increase of 13% year-on-year. 4. Sustained Rapid Investment In the first quarter, fixed asset investment in the electronic information manufacturing industry increased by 10.5% year-on-year, which was 0.9 percentage points higher than January-February, 1.5 percentage points lower than the investment growth rate of the industrial sector in the same period, and 4 percentage points higher than the investment growth rate of the high-tech industry in the same period. 5. Regional Revenue Slightly Differentiated In the first quarter, the eastern region of the electronic information manufacturing industry achieved operating income of 2.6911 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.9% year-on-year; the central region achieved operating income of 617 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1% year-on-year; the western region achieved operating income of 458.6 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.3% year-on-year; and the northeastern region achieved operating income of 20.6 billion yuan, an increase of 4.3% year-on-year. (Note: 1. Except as noted, all statistical data in the text are from the National Bureau of Statistics or based on it. 2. The term "electronic information manufacturing industry" in the text is the same as "computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry" in the national economic industry classification.) This article is selected from the official WeChat account of "" (MIIT News). Editor: Liu Jiayin.