In July, the value added of industries above designated size increased by 4.8 percent year-on-year (the growth rate of the value added below is the real growth rate after deducting the price factor), unchanged than that in June. On a month on month basis, in July, the value added of industries above designated size increased by 0.98 percent over the previous month. In the first seven months, the value added of industries above designated size decreased by 0.4 percent year on year.

In terms of different industries, in July, the value added of 25 of the 41 major industries maintained a year-on-year growth. The value added of agricultural and sideline food processing industry decreased by 2.2 percent, that of textile industry rose by 0.7 percent, that of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 4.7 percent, that of non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 3.1 percent, that of ferrous metal smelting and processing industry and non-ferrous metal smelting and processing industry rose by 7.9 and 2.6 percent, that of general equipment manufacturing industry, special equipment manufacturing industry and automobile manufacturing industry rose by 9.6, 10.2 and 21.6 percent, that of railways, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment decreased by 1.4 percent, that of electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, and manufacturing of computer, communication and other electronic equipment increased by 15.6 and 11.8 percent, and that of the production and distribution of electric power, heat and water increased by 1.7 percent.

 

In terms of different regions, in July, the value added of the eastern region, central region, western region and northeast region increased by 6.8, 3.0, 3.2 and 3.8 percent.

 

In July, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises was 98.4 percent, unchanged over the same month of last year; the export delivery value of industrial enterprises was 1,039.9 billion yuan, up by 1.6 percent on a year-on-year basis in nominal terms.

Source: National Bureau of Statistics