In August 2020, The Added Value Of Industries Above Designated Size Will Increase By 5.6%

In August, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 5.6% on a year-on-year basis (the growth rate of the following added value is the actual growth rate after deducting price factors), and the growth rate was 0.8 percentage points faster than that in July. Compared with the previous month, the industrial scale increased by 1.02% month on month. From January to August, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 0.4% year on year.

In terms of three major categories, the added value of mining industry increased by 1.6% year-on-year in August, and decreased by 2.6% in July; the manufacturing industry increased by 6.0%, which was the same as that in July; the power, heat, gas and water production and supply industry increased by 5.8%, 4.1 percentage points faster.

In terms of economic types, in August, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 5.2%, joint-stock enterprises increased by 5.8%, foreign-funded enterprises and enterprises invested by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan increased by 5.3%, and private enterprises increased by 5.7%.

In terms of industries, in August, 29 of the 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth in added value. Agricultural and sideline food processing industry decreased by 2.5%, textile industry increased by 3.3%, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 6.9%, non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 5.0%, ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 9.2%, nonferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 4.8%, general equipment manufacturing industry increased by 10.9%, special equipment manufacturing industry increased by 8.0%, automobile manufacturing industry increased by 14.8%, and railway, rolling and rolling processing industry increased by 4.8% Shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 0.3%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 15.1%, computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 8.7%, and power and heat production and supply industry increased by 5.9%.

In terms of regions, in August, the added value of the eastern region increased by 6.8%, the central region by 5.4%, the western region by 4.5%, and the northeast by 6.6%.

In terms of products, 394 of 612 products increased year on year in August. Steel 119.13 million tons, up 11.3%; cement 224.89 million tons, an increase of 6.6%; ten kinds of non-ferrous metals 5.29 million tons, an increase of 6.9%; ethylene 1.79 million tons, an increase of 8.6%; 2.088 million vehicles, an increase of 7.6%, including 125000 new energy vehicles, an increase of 31.6%; power generation of 723.8 billion kwh, an increase of 6.8%; crude oil processing capacity of 59.47 million tons, an increase of 9.2%.

In August, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises was 98.2%, 0.4% lower than that of the same month of last year; the export delivery value of industrial enterprises reached 1045.2 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 1.2% over the same period of last year.