From January to April, value-added of the industrial enterprises above designated size (enterprises with an annual income over 5 million yuan) was up by 7.3 percent year-on-year, or 8.4 percentage points dropped over same period of previous year.

In terms of main sectors, the growth rate of textile industry went up 7.8 percent; that of manufacture of chemical raw material and chemical products hit 9.5 percent; that of non-metal mineral products industry increased 11.7 percent; that of general equipment manufacturing industry promoted 7.1 percent; that of transportation equipment manufacturing industry went up by 9.6 percent; that of electric machinery and equipment manufacturing industry jumped 11.1 percent; that of telecommunication, computer and other electric facilities manufacturing industry increased 1.1 percent; and that of production and supply of electric power and heat power expanded 1.7 percent; while that of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals industry dipped 1.7 percent.

In terms of main products, crude coal and crude oil reached 230 and 155.94 million tons, up by 7.9 and 0.8 percent respectively, year-on-year; that of electricity accounted for 271.29 billion kilowatt-hours, fell 3.5 percent year-on-year; that of pig iron and rolled steel stood at 416.31 and 529.15 million tons, went up 0.4 and 2.6 percent respectively; that of crude steel hit 434.13 million tons, dropped 3.9 percent; that of cement amounted to 150 million tons, came up 12.9 percent; that of automobiles achieved 11.81 million sets, increased 17.9 percent, of which, saloon cars accounted to 5.89 million sets, surged 17.3 percent.

The sales ratio of industrial products was 97.83 percent, promoted 0.05 percentage points year-on-year. The export delivery value of industrial enterprises reached 566.21 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 14.3 percent.

Value-added of the industrial enterprises above designated size increased 5.5 percent from January to April, year-on-year.

(National Bureau of Statistics May 14, 2009)