Beijing, 4 Apr (ZXS) -- Zhao Zhiguo, chief engineer and spokesman of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a news conference held by the State Council Information Office on 20 April that China's industrial and informationization development made a steady start in the first quarter, showing a trend of stabilization and improvement.
The data shows that the added value of industries above designated size in the first quarter increased by 3% year-on-year, an increase of 0.3 percentage points higher than that in the fourth quarter of last year, reversing the continuous downward trend since October last year.
Zhao Zhiguo introduced that from the perspective of industry, the production of general equipment, automobiles, and chemical fiber industries turned from a year-on-year decline in the first two months to growth, and the growth rate of non-ferrous metals, building materials, electrical machinery, special equipment and other industries accelerated compared with the previous two months; From the perspective of key products, the output of crude steel, generator sets and household refrigerators increased by 6.1%, 7.5% and 8.4% respectively year-on-year. The export of plastic products, bags, general machinery and equipment, automobiles and other products still has advantages, achieving double-digit growth year-on-year.
Manufacturing investment in the first quarter increased by 7% year-on-year, 1.9 percentage points higher than the growth rate of national fixed asset investment, and maintained a rapid growth rate on the basis of the high base in the same period for two consecutive years.
The role of major industrial provinces in picking big beams is obvious. In the first quarter, the industrial growth rate of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and other major industrial provinces was significantly higher than the national level, and since March, the industrial economy of Guangdong, Zhejiang and other provinces has rebounded.
In addition, the development trend of advanced manufacturing industry in the first quarter was good. The three functional systems of industrial Internet network, platform and security were completed, and the scale of core industries exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan. In the first quarter, fixed asset investment in high-tech manufacturing increased by 15.2% year-on-year, and the output of emerging products such as new energy vehicles and solar cells increased by 22.5% and 53.2% respectively.
Zhao Zhiguo said that in the next step, a work plan for the steady growth of key industries will be formulated and implemented, and policy supply will continue to be strengthened; Increase support for manufacturing foreign trade enterprises, and do a good job in ensuring the service of key foreign-funded enterprises and projects in the manufacturing industry; Stubble pressing, promoting the "14th Five-Year Plan" major engineering projects in the field of industry and information technology. (End)