The National Bureau of Statistics released data on September 14. In August, the added value of industries above designated size actually increased by 4.5% year-on-year and 0.32% month-on-month. Among them, the oil and natural gas extraction industry increased by 4.0%; the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 5.9%.

    Looking at three major categories, in August, the added value of the mining industry increased by 3.7% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 4.3%, and the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industries increased by 6.8%.

    In terms of economic types, in August, the added value of state-controlled enterprises increased by 3.6% year-on-year; joint-stock enterprises increased by 5.0%, foreign and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan invested enterprises increased by 2.8%; and private enterprises increased by 4.5%.

    In terms of industries, in August, 32 of the 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth in added value. Among them, the coal mining and washing industry increased by 3.3%, the oil and natural gas mining industry increased by 4.0%, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry decreased by 0.1%, the wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry increased by 5.2%, the textile industry increased by 4.4%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 5.9%, the non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 5.5%, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry decreased by 2.1%, and the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 6.6%. General equipment manufacturing grew by 2.2%, special equipment manufacturing grew by 2.9%, automobile manufacturing grew by 4.5%, railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing grew by 12.0%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing grew by 2.6%, computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing grew by 11.3%, and electricity, heat production and supply industries grew by 6.9%.

    In terms of products, in August, the output of 339 of the 619 products in industries above designated size increased year-on-year. Among them, steel was 110.9 million tons, down 6.5% year-on-year; cement was 157.63 million tons, down 11.9%; ten non-ferrous metals were 6.62 million tons, up 4.0%; ethylene was 2.74 million tons, down 1.5%; automobiles were 2.511 million, down 2.3%, including 1.105 million new energy vehicles, up 30.5%; power generation was 907.4 billion kilowatt hours, up 5.8%; Crude oil processing volume was 59.07 million tons, down 6.2%.

    In August, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises above designated size was 96.6%, down 0.8 percentage points year-on-year; industrial enterprises above designated size achieved an export delivery value of 1.2994 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 6.4% year-on-year.

    1-8 In June, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 5.8% year-on-year. Among them, the oil and natural gas exploration industry grew by 2.9%, and the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry grew by 9.7%. Source: Sinochem New Network