In May, China's smartphone output increased by 8.4%, and microcomputer output increased by 27.5%.

　　China News Agency, Beijing, July 3 (Reporter Liu Yuying) China's electronic information manufacturing industry continued to pick up in May, of which smartphone output increased by 8.4% year-on-year, and microcomputer equipment output increased by 27.5% year-on-year.

　　According to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the 3rd, in May, the added value of the communications equipment manufacturing industry increased by 15.6% year-on-year, and the export delivery value increased by 3.8% year-on-year. Among the major products of the communication equipment manufacturing industry, mobile phone output decreased by 9% year-on-year, of which smartphone output increased by 8.4% year-on-year.

　　It is worth noting that from January to May, the operating income of the communications equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 0.5% year-on-year, but the profit increased by 70.3% year-on-year.

　　Computer output and value added are also increasing. In May, the added value of the computer manufacturing industry increased by 20.4% year-on-year, and the export delivery value increased by 27.4% year-on-year. Among computer products, the output of microcomputer equipment increased by 27.5% year-on-year; of which, the output of notebook computers increased by 28.6% year-on-year, and the output of tablet computers increased by 25.4% year-on-year.

　　Since March, the growth rate of China's electronic information manufacturing value-added and export delivery value have rebounded sharply. In May, the added value of the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 10.8% year-on-year, and the growth rate increased by 0.2 percentage points year-on-year; the export delivery value of the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 12.7% year-on-year, an increase of 12.5 percentage points over the same period last year.

　　From January to May, China's above-scale electronic information manufacturing industry achieved a year-on-year increase in operating income of 1.3%, and total profit increased by 34.7% year-on-year, compared with a decrease of 13% in the same period last year. (Finish)