Value-Added of Industry Rose Promptly in the First Quarter

In the first quarter, the value-added of the industrial enterprises above designated size (all state-owned enterprises and non-state enterprises with an annual sates income over 5 million yuan) achieved 1782.2 billion yuan, an increase of 16.7 percent, year-on-year. The sales ratio of industrial products rose by 97.1 percent, which declined 0.27 percent compared with the same period of last year. the export delivery value of industrial products reached 1186 billion yuan, an increase of 24.7 percent

In terms of different industries, the growth rate of textile industry,raw chemical materials industry and chemical products industry increased 15.7 percent and 18.2 percent; that of non-metal mineral products industry, smelting and pressing of ferrous metals industry up by 23.0 percent and 9.9 percent; that of general purpose machinery manufacturing industry, transportation equipment manufacturing industry, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry, telecommunication, computer and other electric equipment manufacturing industry, electric power production and supply industry rose by 21.7 percent, 20.9 percent, 19.4 percent, 27.4 percent and 12.7 percent respectively.

In terms of main products, coal, crude oil and generate electricity capacity correspondingly increased 12.0 percent, 1.7 percent and 11.1 percent, year-on-year. Production of pig iron, crude steel and rolled steel rose by 20.7 percent, 17.6 percent and 21.7 percent; production of cement rose by 23.3 percent; production of vehicles rose by 36.3 percent, of which, 70.5 percent increase for saloon cars.