National Bureau of Statistics: The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.1% year-on-year in April.

On May 19th, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that in April, the value added of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.1% year-on-year (the growth rate of value added is the actual growth rate excluding price factors). Month-on-month, in April, the value added of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 0.22% compared to the previous month. From January to April, the value added of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.4% year-on-year. Looking at the three major categories, in April, the value added of the mining industry increased by 5.7% year-on-year, manufacturing increased by 6.6%, and electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply increased by 2.1%. Looking at the economic types, in April, state-controlled enterprises increased by 2.9% year-on-year; joint-stock enterprises increased by 6.6%, foreign-invested enterprises increased by 3.9%; and private enterprises increased by 6.7%. Looking at industries, in April, 36 out of 41 major industry categories maintained an increase in value added year-on-year. Specifically, coal mining and washing increased by 6.3%, petroleum and natural gas mining increased by 4.3%, food processing increased by 7.3%, beverage and tea manufacturing increased by 5.5%, textile industry increased by 2.9%, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing increased by 8.0%, non-metallic mineral products increased by 0.4%, black metal smelting and processing increased by 5.8%, non-ferrous metal smelting and processing increased by 7.5%, general equipment manufacturing increased by 7.8%, special equipment manufacturing increased by 3.7%, automobile manufacturing increased by 9.2%, railway, ship, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing increased by 17.6%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing increased by 13.4%, computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing increased by 10.8%, and electricity, heat production and supply increased by 1.2%. In terms of products, in April, out of 623 products of industrial enterprises above designated size, 341 products had an increase in output year-on-year. Specifically, steel production was 125.09 million tons, a 6.6% increase year-on-year; cement production was 165.30 million tons, a 5.3% decrease; ten kinds of non-ferrous metals were 6.76 million tons, a 3.1% increase; ethylene was 2.98 million tons, a 10.1% increase; automobiles were 2.604 million units, an 8.5% increase, with new energy vehicles at 1.228 million units, a 38.9% increase; electricity generation was 711.1 billion kilowatt-hours, a 0.9% increase; crude oil processing was 58.03 million tons, a 1.4% decrease. In April, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises above designated size was 97.2%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points year-on-year; the export delivery value of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 1.2469 trillion yuan, a nominal increase of 0.9% year-on-year. This article was compiled from the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics, edited by GMTEight: Liu Jiayin.