National Bureau of Statistics: In the third quarter, the national industrial capacity utilization rate for enterprises above designated size was 73.1%, up 0.1 percentage point quarter-on-quarter.

The National Bureau of Statistics data shows that in the third quarter of 2026, the national industrial capacity utilization rate for enterprises above designated size was 73.1%, up 0.1 percentage point from the second quarter and down 1.5 percentage points from the same period last year. By the three major categories, in the third quarter of 2026, the capacity utilization rate of the mining industry was 69.5%, that of manufacturing was 73.3%, and that of the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water was 72.6%. The original text is as follows: In the third quarter of 2026, the national industrial capacity utilization rate for enterprises above designated size was 73.1%. In the third quarter of 2026, the national industrial capacity utilization rate for enterprises above designated size was 73.1%, up 0.1 percentage point from the second quarter and down 1.5 percentage points from the same period last year. By the three major categories, in the third quarter of 2026, the capacity utilization rate of the mining industry was 69.5%, that of manufacturing was 73.3%, and that of the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water was 72.6%. By major industries, in the third quarter of 2026, the capacity utilization rate of coal mining and washing was 64.8%, that of food manufacturing was 70.8%, that of textile manufacturing was 75.1%, that of the manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products was 69.7%, that of the manufacture of non-metallic mineral products was 61.2%, that of the smelting and pressing of ferrous metals was 75.1%, that of the smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals was 73.5%, that of the manufacture of general-purpose machinery was 79.6%, that of the manufacture of special-purpose machinery was 77.7%, that of the manufacture of automobiles was 66.2%, that of the manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus was 72.9%, and that of the manufacture of computers, communication equipment and other electronic equipment was 80.2%. This article is excerpted from the National Bureau of Statistics, edited by GMTEight's Jiang Yuanhua.