Industrial Production Operation in August 2024

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In August, the total value added of industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 4.5 percent year on year (the growth rates of value added are real growth rates after deducting price factors). On a month-on-month basis, in August, the total value added of industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 0.32 percent over the previous month. From January to August, the value added of industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 5.8 percent over the previous year.


In terms of sectors, in August, the value added of the mining industry increased by 3.7 percent year on year, that of the manufacturing industry increased by 4.3 percent, and that of the production and supply of electricity, heat power, gas and water increased by 6.8 percent.

In terms of ownership, in August, the value added of state-holding enterprises increased by 3.6 percent year on year; that of share-holding enterprises increased by 5.0 percent, that of enterprises funded by foreign investors and investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan increased by 2.8 percent; and that of private enterprises increased by 4.5 percent.

From the perspective of industries, in August, the value added of 32 of the 41 major industries kept year-on-year growth. Among them, the value added of the mining and washing of coal went up by 3.3 percent, that of the extraction of petroleum and natural gas up by 4.0 percent, that of the processing of food from agricultural and sideline products down by 0.1 percent, that of the manufacture of liquor, beverages and refined tea up by 5.2 percent, that of the textile industry up by 4.4 percent, that of the manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products up by 5.9 percent, that of the manufacture of non-metallic mineral products down by 5.5 percent, that of the smelting and pressing of ferrous metals down by 2.1 percent, that of the smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals up by 6.6 percent, that of the manufacture of general purpose machinery up by 2.2 percent, that of the manufacture of special purpose machinery up by 2.9 percent, that of the manufacture of automobiles up by 4.5 percent, that of the manufacture of railway, ship, aerospace and other transport equipment up by 12.0 percent, that of the manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus up by 2.6 percent, that of the manufacture of computers, communication equipment and other electronic equipment up by 11.3 percent, and that of the production and supply of electricity and heat power up by 6.9 percent.

In terms of products, in August, the output of 339 out of 619 products produced by industrial enterprises above the designated size increased year on year. Among them, the output of rolled steel was 110.90 million tons, down by 6.5 percent year on year; that of cement was 157.63 million tons, down by 11.9 percent; that of ten kinds of non-ferrous metals was 6.62 million tons, up by 4.0 percent; that of ethylene was 2.74 million tons, down by 1.5 percent; that of motor vehicles was 2.511 million sets, down by 2.3 percent, including 1.105 million new energy vehicles, up by 30.5 percent; the electricity generation was 907.4 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 5.8 percent; and the crude processing capacity was 59.07 million tons, down by 6.2 percent.

In August, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises above the designated size was 96.6 percent, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8 percentage point; and the export delivery value realised by industrial enterprises above the designated size stood at 1,299.4 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 6.4 percent year on year.

Industrial Production Operation in August 2024

August

Jan-Aug

Absolute Value

Growth Rate Y/Y

(%)

Absolute Value

Growth Rate Y/Y

(%)

Value-added of Industries Above the Designated Size

4.5

5.8

Grouped by three sectors

Mining

3.7

2.9

Manufacturing

4.3

6.1

Of which: High technology manufacturing industry

8.6

8.9

Production and supply of electricity, heat power, gas and water

6.8

5.8

Grouped by ownership

Of which: State-holding enterprises

3.6

4.3

Of which: Share-holding enterprises

5.0

6.1

Enterprises funded by foreign investors and investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan

2.8

4.1

Of which: Private enterprises

4.5

5.5

Value-Added of the Main Sectors

Mining and washing of coal

3.3

2.3

Extraction of petroleum and natural gas

4.0

2.9

Processing of food from agricultural and sideline products

-0.1

1.4

Manufacture of foods

6.9

5.8

Manufacture of liquor, beverages and refined tea

5.2

5.6

Textile industry

4.4

5.2

Manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products

5.9

9.7

Manufacture of medicines

2.8

2.1

Manufacture of rubber and plastics products

5.4

8.6

Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products

-5.5

-1.0

Smelting and pressing of ferrous metals

-2.1

3.2

Smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals

6.6

10.3

Manufacture of metal products

9.7

6.7

Manufacture of general purpose machinery

2.2

2.8

Manufacture of special purpose machinery

2.9

2.3

Manufacture of automobiles

4.5

8.4

Manufacture of railway, ship, aerospace and other transport equipment

12.0

11.9

Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus

2.6

4.2

Manufacture of computers, communication equipment and other electronic equipment

11.3

13.1

Production and supply of electricity and heat power

6.9

5.6

Output of Major Industrial Products Above the Designated Size

Cloth (100 million meters)

27

-1.9

213

3.0

Sulfuric acid (100%) (10,000 tons)

879

8.8

6903

9.5

Caustic soda (100%) (10,000 tons)

348

1.7

2865

6.2

Ethylene (10,000 tons)

274

-1.5

2143

-0.6

Chemical fiber (10,000 tons)

660

0.9

5204

10.6

Cement (10,000 tons)

15763

-11.9

115907

-10.7

Plate glass (10,000 weight cases)

8538

2.2

67661

6.3

Pig iron (10,000 tons)

6814

-8.8

57770

-4.3

Crude steel (10,000 tons)

7792

-10.4

69141

-3.3

Rolled steel (10,000 tons)

11090

-6.5

92573

0.4

Ten kinds of nonferrous metals (10,000 tons)

662

4.0

5205

5.4

Of which: Electrolyzed aluminum (10,000 tons)

373

2.5

2891

5.1

Metal-cutting machine tools (10,000 units)

6

9.8

45

7.7

Industrial robots (set)

47947

20.0

360592

9.9

Motor vehicles (10,000 sets)

251.1

-2.3

1889.9

3.4

Of which: Cars (10,000 sets)

88.5

-9.2

671.6

0.0

SUV (10,000 sets)

108.6

6.2

796.3

9.5

Of which: New energy vehicles (10,000 sets)

110.5

30.5

713.4

31.3

Power generation equipment (10,000 kilowatt-hours)

2318

43.4

15483

22.7

Solar cells (photovoltaic cells) (10,000 kilowatt-hours)

4515

-9.0

36994

12.6

Micro computer equipment (10,000 units)

3159

5.5

21665

2.9

Mobile telephones (10,000 sets)

13648

7.9

101516

8.8

Of which: Smartphone (10,000 sets)

9709

8.9

75126

10.4

Integrated circuits (100 million pieces)

373

17.8

2845

26.6

Coal (10,000 tons)

39655

2.8

305218

-0.3

Coke (10,000 tons)

4089

-2.1

32478

-0.4

Crude petroleum oil (10,000 tons)

1783

2.1

14279

2.1

Crude processing capacity (10,000 tons)

5907

-6.2

47253

-1.2

Natural gas (100 million cubic meters)

200

9.4

1637

6.6

Electricity generation of industrial enterprises above the designated size (100 million kilowatt-hours)

9074

5.8

62379

5.1

Thermal power (100 million kilowatt-hours)

6149

3.7

41968

1.0

Hydropower (100 million kilowatt-hours)

1635

10.7

8822

21.7

Nuclear-power (100 million kilowatt-hours)

402

4.9

2920

1.3

Wind power (100 million kilowatt-hours)

502

6.6

5973

7.6

Solar power (100 million kilowatt-hours)

386

21.7

2695

26.6

Sales ratio (%)

96.6

-0.8 (percentage point)

96.0

-0.7 (percentage point)

Export delivery value (100 million yuan)

12994

6.4

97958

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Annotations:

1. Explanatory Notes

Growth rate of value added of the industrial enterprises: also known as industrial growth rate, which is used to reflect a certain period of increase or decrease in volume of industrial production indicators of the degree of change. The indicator can be used to estimate the short-term trend of the industrial economy, to judge the range of the economic expansion, and also to be an important reference and basis for the formulation and adjustment of economic policies, and for the implementation of macroeconomic adjustment and control.

Sales ratio: refers to a ratio of sales value to total industrial output, which reflects the situation between production and sales of industrial products.

Export delivery value: refers to the value of products exported by industrial enterprises (including those sold to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) or handed over to foreign trade departments for export, and the value of products produced by foreign companies such as samples, materials processing, parts assembly and compensation trade.

Daily product output: the total production released by the industrial enterprises above the designated size in the current month divided by the number of days in the month.

2. Statistical Coverage

The standard starting point of industrial enterprises above the designated size was 20 million yuan of annual revenue from primary business.

Due to the annual changes of the coverage of industrial enterprises above the designated size, and in order to ensure that the data for this year is comparable with that for the previous year, the data of the corresponding period used for calculating the year-on-year growth rates of various indicators such as product output is as consistent with the enterprise statistical coverage of the current period as possible, and there is a difference in caliber from the data published last year. The main reasons are: (1) The scope of statistical units changes. Each year, some companies will be included in the survey after having reached requisite size, and some will exit the survey due to their smaller scale, and there are also the effects of enterprises that are newly established, bankrupt and enterprises with their business licenses cancelled (revoked). (2) There is cross-regional repeated calculation in the output data of some enterprise group (company) products, which has been eliminated according to specific surveys.

3. Survey Methods

The reports of industrial enterprises above the designated size are conducted with complete survey on a monthly basis (excluding the report for January).

4. Standard on Industrial Classification

The National Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (GB/T4754-2017) was performed.

5. Revision on Month-on-month Data

The month-on-month growth rate of the total value added of the industrial enterprises above the designated size from August 2023 to July 2024 was revised according to the results of automatic revision of seasonal adjustment model. The revised results and the month-on-month data in August 2024 are as follows:

Months

Growth Rate (%)

2023-August

0.58

September

0.36

October

0.42

November

0.79

December

0.36

2024-January

0.78

February

0.16

March

-0.14

April

0.90

May

0.15

June

0.39

July

0.35

August

0.32