Value-Added of Industry Expanded in the First Quarter

In the first quarter, value-added of the industrial enterprises above designated size (all state-owned enterprises and non-state-owned enterprises with an annual income over 5 million yuan) expanded 16.4 percent, year-on-year. The sales ratio of industrial products was 97.7 percent, up 0.5 percentage points with the same period of last year. The export delivery value of industrial enterprises reached 1,735.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.1 percent.

In terms of main sectors, the growth rate of textile industry increased 12.7 percent, that of raw chemical materials and chemical products, non-metal mineral products industry, smelting and pressing of ferrous metals industry expanded 22.7, 14.8, and 22.5 percent respectively; that of general equipment manufacturing industry, transportation equipment manufacturing industry, electric machinery and equipment manufacturing industry jumped by 22.5, 20.4 and 21.7 percent respectively; that of telecommunication, computer and other electric facilities manufacturing industry increased 15.7 percent, and that of production and supply of electric power and heat power expanded 13.2 percent.

In terms of main products, the coal, crude oil and electricity reached 570, 46.85 million tons and 805.1 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 14.6, 2.2 and 14.0 percent respectively, year-on-year; that of pig iron, crude steel and rolled steel achieved 117.8, 124.94 and 140.94 million tons, rose by 7.6, 8.6 and 12.2 percent respectively; that of cement was 260 million tons, up by 9.2 percent; that of vehicles was 2.58 million sets, up by 15.8 percent, of which, automobiles was 1.38 million sets, jumped by 14.7 percent.

Value-added of industry expanded 17.8 percent in March, year-on-year.