From January to April, the added value of industries above designated size actually increased by 4.0 percent year-on-year (the growth rate of added value below was the actual growth rate after deducting price factors). In April, the added value of industries above designated size decreased by 2.9 percent year-on-year. On a month on month basis, in April, the added value of industries above designated size decreased by 7.08 percent over the previous month.
Divided into three categories, in April, the added value of the mining industry increased by 9.5 percent year-on-year; The manufacturing industry decreased by 4.6 percent; The production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 1.5 percent.
In terms of economic types, in April, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises decreased by 2.9 percent year-on-year; joint stock enterprises increased by 0.5 percent, while foreign-invested enterprises and enterprises invested by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan decreased by 16.1 percent; and private enterprises fell by 1.1 percent.
By industry, in April, the added value of 18 of the 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth. Among them, coal mining and washing industry increased by 13.2 percent, oil and natural gas mining industry increased by 7.2 percent, agricultural and sideline food processing industry decreased by 0.1 percent, wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry increased by 0.5 percent, textile industry decreased by 6.3 percent, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry decreased by 0.6 percent, non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 6.2 percent, ferrous metal smelting and processing industry decreased by 4.2 percent, and non-ferrous metal smelting and processing industry increased by 1.4 percent, the general equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 15.8 percent, the special equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 5.5 percent, the automobile manufacturing industry decreased by 31.8 percent, the railway, ship, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 6.0 percent, the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 1.6 percent, the computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 4.9 percent, and the power and heat production and supply industry increased by 0.9 percent.
By product, in April, the output of 169 of 617 products increased year-on-year. 114.83 million tons of steel, a year-on-year decrease of 5.8 percent; 194.71 million tons of cement, down 18.9 percent; 5.53 million tons of ten non-ferrous metals, an increase of 0.3 percent; 2.18 million tons of ethylene, down 1.3 percent; 1.282 million of vehicles, down 43.5 percent, including 330,000 new energy vehicles, up 42.2 percent; the power generation was 608.6 billion kwh, down 4.3 percent; and the crude oil processing capacity was 51.81 million tons, down 10.5 percent.
In April, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises was 96.3 percent, a year-on-year decrease of 1.9 percentage points; and industrial enterprises achieved an export delivery value of 1,144.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year nominal decrease of 1.9 percent.