China News Service, Beijing, June 15 (Reporter Wang Enbo) With the overall improvement of the epidemic prevention and control situation, China's industrial production, which has slowed down before, has shown positive changes.
China's National Bureau of Statistics announced on the 15th that in May, the added value of China's industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 0.7% year-on-year, reversing the previous month's decline of 2.9%.
Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the National Economic Comprehensive Statistics Department, said at the press conference that in May, industrial production in most industries and regions rebounded.
Among the 41 major industries, the growth rate of 33 industries rebounded from the previous month, accounting for 80.5%; among the 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), the industrial growth rate of 22 regions rebounded, accounting for 71%, of which the industrial production in Shanghai and Jilin decreased. narrowed by more than 30 percentage points.
It is worth mentioning that the equipment manufacturing industry has rebounded significantly.
The equipment manufacturing industry grew 1.1% year-on-year in May, after falling 8.1% in the previous month.
Among them, the automobile manufacturing industry decreased by 7% in May, a decrease of 24.8 percentage points from the previous month; the production of automobiles decreased by 4.8%, a decrease of 38.7 percentage points.
The high-tech manufacturing industry also enjoyed good growth.
In May, the high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 4.3% year-on-year, 0.3 percentage points faster than the previous month, and the speed was significantly faster than that of industries above designated size.
Among them, the electronic communication equipment manufacturing industry increased by 10.9%, and the medical equipment and instrument manufacturing industry increased by 9.4%.
When answering a question from a reporter from China News Agency, Fu Linghui said that these situations show that China's industrial production has gradually recovered, the trend of industrial transformation and upgrading has not changed, and the characteristics of a complete industrial system, strong supporting capabilities, and sufficient development resilience are obvious.
As the effectiveness of epidemic prevention and control continues to show, transportation and logistics are gradually smoothed, and enterprises continue to resume work and production.
He also reminded that due to the impact of the epidemic, some companies are facing temporary difficulties, rising costs and declining profits, and the difficulties of downstream industries and small and micro enterprises are more prominent.
In the next stage, it is necessary to implement various tax reduction and fee reduction measures, and to help enterprises with relief measures, expand domestic demand, smooth the economic cycle, optimize the business environment, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the industrial economy.
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