In December, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 1.3 percent year-on-year (the growth rates of added value are the actual growth rates after deducting price factors). On a month-on-month basis, in December, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 0.06 percent over the previous month. In 2022, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 3.6 percent over the previous year.

In terms of three categories, in December, the added value of the mining industry increased by 4.9 percent year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 0.2 percent, and the power, heat, gas and water production and supply industry increased by 7.0 percent.

In terms of economic types, in December, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 1.9 percent year-on-year; joint stock enterprises increased by 3.5 percent, and foreign-invested enterprises and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan invested enterprises decreased by 7.5 percent; and private enterprises increased by 0.5 percent.

From the perspective of industries, in December, the added value of 16 of the 41 major industries kept year-on-year growth. Among them, the coal mining and washing industry increased by 3.7 percent, the oil and natural gas mining industry increased by 6.7 percent, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry decreased by 2.0 percent, the alcohol, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry increased by 3.4 percent, the textile industry decreased by 3.0 percent, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 11.0 percent, the non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 1.8 percent, the ferrous metal smelting and processing industry increased by 2.8 percent, and the non-ferrous metal smelting and processing industry increased by 6.3 percent, the general equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 3.4 percent, the special equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 0.5 percent, the automobile manufacturing industry decreased by 5.9 percent, the railway, ship, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry increased by 2.0 percent, the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 10.8 percent, the computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 1.1 percent, and the power, thermal production and supply industry increased by 8.6 percent.

In terms of products, in December, the output of 207 of 617 products increased year-on-year. 111.93 million tons of steel, a year-on-year decrease of 2.6 percent; 168.44 million tons of cement, down 12.3 percent; there were 5.95 million tons of ten non-ferrous metals, up 7.3 percent; ethylene was 2.65 million tons, up 4.6 percent; there were 2.488 million vehicles, down 16.7 percent, including 810,000 new energy vehicles, up 55.5 percent; the power generation was 757.9 billion kwh, up 3.0 percent; the crude oil processing capacity was 59.88 million tons, up 2.5 percent.

In December, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises was 97.7 percent, a year-on-year decrease of 0.4 percentage point; industrial enterprises realized an export delivery value of 1,364.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year nominal decrease of 8.4 percent.