China News Agency, Beijing, March 15th (Reporter Wang Enbo) According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China on the 15th, from January to February this year, China's industrial and service industry production both rebounded, and market expectations have improved.
Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the Department of Comprehensive Statistics of the National Economy, introduced at a press conference held that day that from January to February, the added value of China's industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 2.4% year-on-year, which was 1.1% faster than that in December 2022. percent.
In particular, he pointed out that considering that the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 7.5% in the first two months of last year, which was a relatively high base, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in January and February increased by an average of 4.9% in two years, showing a relatively large rebound.
In terms of three major categories, from January to February, the added value of the mining industry increased by 4.7% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 2.1%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 2.4%.
In terms of products, the output of solar cells and new energy vehicles increased by 40.8% and 16.3% respectively.
In February, the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index was 52.6%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points from the previous month; the Enterprise Production and Operation Activities Expectation Index was 57.5%, an increase of 1.9 percentage points.
The production of the service industry has also rebounded significantly, especially the improvement of the contact-type and agglomeration-type service industry.
From January to February, China's service industry production index increased by 5.5% year-on-year, and decreased by 0.8% in December 2022; the two-year average growth rate was 4.8%.
Among them, the information transmission, software and information technology service industry, and the financial industry production index increased by 9.3% and 7.6% respectively year-on-year; the accommodation and catering industry, transportation, warehousing and postal industry, the wholesale and retail industry production index increased by 11.6% and 4.2% respectively %, 3.0%.
In February, the business activity index of the service industry was 55.6%, an increase of 1.6 percentage points from the previous month.
Among them, the business activity index of road transportation, air transportation, postal services, accommodation, leasing and business services and other industries is above 60.0%.
In terms of market expectations, the service industry business activity expectation index was 64.8%, an increase of 0.5 percentage points from the previous month.
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