National Bureau of Statistics: In August 2025, the value added of large-scale industries increased by 5.2%.

On September 15th, the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in August, the added value of large-scale industries increased by 5.2% compared to the same period last year (the growth rate of added value is the actual growth rate excluding price factors). Compared to the previous month, the added value of large-scale industries in August increased by 0.37%. From January to August, the added value of large-scale industries increased by 6.2% compared to the same period last year. Looking at the three major categories, in August, the added value of the mining industry increased by 5.1% year-on-year, manufacturing by 5.7%, and electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply by 2.4%. By economic type, in August, the added value of state-owned enterprises increased by 4.7% year-on-year; that of shareholding enterprises increased by 6.0%, foreign-invested enterprises by 2.3%, and private enterprises by 4.6%. By industry, in August, out of 41 major industries, 31 experienced year-on-year growth in added value. For example, coal mining and washing increased by 5.1%, petroleum and natural gas extraction by 4.7%, agriculture and food processing by 4.7%, beverages and refined tea manufacturing decreased by 2.4%, textiles by 1.5%, chemicals by 7.6%, non-metallic mineral products by 0.5%, ferrous metal smelting by 7.3%, non-ferrous metal smelting by 9.1%, general equipment manufacturing by 7.3%, specialized equipment manufacturing by 4.0%, automobile manufacturing by 8.4%, railway, shipbuilding, aerospace, and other transportation equipment manufacturing by 12.0%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing by 9.8%, computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing by 9.9%, and electricity and heat production and supply by 2.5%. In terms of products, out of 623 large-scale industrial products in August, 319 products showed year-on-year growth in output. For example, steel production increased by 9.7%, cement decreased by 6.2%, ten kinds of non-ferrous metals increased by 3.8%, ethylene by 10.4%, automobiles by 10.5% (with new energy vehicles increasing by 22.7%), electricity generation by 1.6%, and crude oil processing by 7.6%. In August, the sales rate of large-scale industrial enterprises was 96.6%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous year. The export delivery value of large-scale industrial enterprises reached 1.3029 trillion yuan, a nominal decrease of 0.4%. Source: National Bureau of Statistics official website; edited by GMTEight: Chen Xiaoyi.