Value-Added of Industry Expanded in the First Quarter

In the first quarter, value-added of the industrial enterprises above designated size (all state-owned enterprises and non-state-owned enterprises with an annual income over 5 million yuan) expanded 18.3 percent, year-on-year. The sales ratio of industrial products was 97.1 percent, remained the general level with the same period of last year. The export delivery value of industrial enterprises reached 1,495.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.3 percent.

In terms of main sectors, the growth rate of textile industry increased 17.2 percent, that of raw chemical materials and chemical products, non-metal mineral products industry, smelting and pressing of ferrous metals industry expanded 22.1, 23.5 and 27.5 percent respectively; that of general equipment manufacturing industry, transportation equipment manufacturing industry, electric machinery and equipment manufacturing industry jumped by 23.8, 24.9 and 19.1 percent respectively; that of telecommunication, computer and other electric facilities manufacturing industry increased 16.9 percent, and that of production and supply of electric power and heat power expanded 14.5 percent.

In terms of main products, the coal, crude oil and electricity reached 494.93, 46.04 million tons and 701.2 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 14.8, 1.5 and 15.5 percent respectively, year-on-year; that of pig iron, crude steel and rolled steel achieved 108.52, 114.70 and126.34 million tons, rose by 19.7, 22.3 and 26.2 percent respectively; that of cement was 241.82 million tons, up by 14.5 percent; that of vehicles was 2.25 million sets, up by 22.3 percent, of which, automobiles was 1.21 million sets, jumped by 32.1 percent.