China News Service, Beijing, September 15 (Reporter Wang Enbo) The National Bureau of Statistics of China released data on the 15th. From January to August, the value added of China's industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 0.4% year-on-year, and the cumulative growth rate has turned from negative to positive.
The spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics Fu Linghui analyzed at a press conference of the State Council Information Office that the positive changes in industrial production in August were mainly due to the increasing demand for production, showing the following three characteristics:
One is the acceleration of industrial production.
In August, the value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 5.6% year-on-year, 0.8 percentage points higher than the previous month.
From the industry perspective, more than 70% of the 41 major industries achieved growth; from the product perspective, 60% of the products achieved growth.
Both the industry growth and product growth are higher than last month.
Second, the demand for industrial-related industries is increasing.
With the steady recovery of investment, the growth rate of investment-related industries maintained rapid growth.
In August, the added value of the equipment manufacturing industry increased by 10.8% year-on-year, maintaining a double-digit growth, and related products such as trucks, excavating, shoveling and transporting machinery increased by more than 30%.
With the recovery of household consumption, the drive of consumer goods industry is also increasing.
In August, the added value of the consumer goods manufacturing industry fell 0.8% year-on-year, and the rate of decline narrowed by 0.3 percentage points from last month.
Third, the internal circulation of the industry is improving.
"With the improvement of the consumer goods manufacturing and equipment manufacturing industries, the downstream industries have also increased their drive to the upstream industries." Fu Linghui pointed out that in August, the raw materials industry grew by 6.6% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2 percentage points higher than the previous month.
Among them, steel production increased by 11.3%, maintaining a double-digit growth.
In the same month, the mining industry and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water also showed a significant rebound in growth.
Fu Linghui said that these characteristics show that the demand for production and the improvement of production internal circulation are improving.
However, it should also be noted that China's industrial production has not yet returned to a normal state as a whole, and many industries and enterprises are still experiencing difficulties, especially some small and medium-sized enterprises.
In the next stage, we must continue to expand domestic demand, work hard to unblock the industrial chain cycle, work hard to stabilize the industrial chain and supply chain, and promote the stable recovery of the industrial economy.
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