Zhongxin Finance, March 15. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 15th, from January to February 2022, the added value of industries above designated size in the country increased by 7.5% year-on-year, 3.2 percentage points faster than that in December 2021, and higher than the two-year average in 2021. The growth rate accelerated by 1.4 percentage points.
In terms of categories, the added value of the mining industry increased by 9.8% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 7.3%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 6.8%.
The added value of high-tech manufacturing and equipment manufacturing increased by 14.4% and 9.6% year-on-year, respectively, 6.9 and 2.1 percentage points faster than that of industries above designated size.
In terms of products, the output of new energy vehicles, industrial robots and solar cells increased by 150.5%, 29.6% and 26.4% year-on-year respectively.
In terms of economic types, the added value of state-controlled enterprises increased by 5.9% year-on-year; joint-stock enterprises increased by 8.4%, foreign-invested enterprises, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-invested enterprises increased by 4.2%; private enterprises increased by 8.7%.
From a month-on-month perspective, the added value of industries above designated size in February increased by 0.34% over the previous month.
In February, the manufacturing purchasing managers' index was 50.2 percent, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous month; the enterprise production and business activity expectation index was 58.7 percent, an increase of 1.2 percentage points.
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