China News Service, Beijing, March 15 (Reporter Wang Enbo) The National Bureau of Statistics of China announced on the 15th that from January to February 2021, the added value of China's industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 35.1% year-on-year and 16.9% from January-February 2019. The two-year average growth rate was 8.1%, which was a relatively high level in the same period in recent years.

According to officials, the local Chinese New Year will boost industrial production.

　　Liu Aihua, Director of the Department of National Economic Comprehensive Statistics and spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, said at a press conference that day, this year’s Spring Festival advocated local Chinese New Year, and many places introduced relevant policies to provide financial compensation to staff who stayed on duty. The time for the start of business and project construction has been significantly extended, and the employment of employees is also better than in previous years, supporting the rebound of industrial production and other indicators.

　　Liu Aihua introduced that the National Bureau of Statistics conducted a quick survey of nearly 5,000 industrial enterprises, and the results showed that the average number of holidays for industrial enterprises during the Spring Festival was 7.5 days, which was significantly less than in normal years.

The survey results also showed that nearly half of the companies surveyed said that more than 90% of their employees chose to celebrate the New Year locally.

"Therefore, the in-situ Chinese New Year policy has a very significant effect on extending the start-up time of industrial production.

　　Divided into three categories, in January and February, the value added of the mining industry increased by 17.5% year-on-year, an average increase of 4.8% in two years; the manufacturing industry increased by 39.5%, an average increase of 8.4% in two years; electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply The industry grew by 19.8%, an average growth rate of 5.5% in two years.

　　It is worth mentioning that the equipment manufacturing industry and high-tech manufacturing industry are growing well.

From January to February, the added value of the equipment manufacturing industry and high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 59.9% and 49.2% year-on-year respectively, and the two-year average growth rate was 10.2% and 13.0% respectively.

In terms of product output, the growth rates of new energy vehicles, trucks, industrial robots, excavating and shoveling transportation machinery, and microcomputer equipment all exceeded 100% year-on-year, and the two-year average growth rate exceeded 10%.

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