In April, value-added of the industries above designated size (enterprises above designated size with an annual sales over 5 million yuan) went up by 7.3 percent year-on-year, or fell 1.0 percentage points month-on-month; that of generating capacities reduced 3.5 percent year-on-year, or expanded 2.2 percentage points month-on-month; that of export delivery value of industrial enterprises declined 14.3 percent, or increased 0.4 percentage points month-on-month.

In terms of growth rate of major industrial sectors

The growth rate of major industrial sectors in April slowed down than in March, of the total, 25 industrial sectors speeded up in March over first two months, that of metallurgy fell 2.8 percentage points month-on-month, that of electrical machinery declined 1.4 percentage points, that of general equipment manufacturing reduced 4.3 percentage points, and that of coal mining dipped 2.6 percentage points.

6 industrial sectors slowed down in March over first two months, of the total, agricultural and sideline products processing and beverage manufacturing stepped up 3.4 and 2.2 percentage points month-on-month.

8 industrial sectors speeded up constantly this year, of the total, transportation equipment, building materials, oil and gas extraction, food manufacturers quickened 3.7, 0.2, 0.8 and 0.5 percentage points month-on-month, and 8.0, 1.1, 9.3 and 4.0 percentage points increased over first two months, respectively.

In terms of output of main products

From statistics in 494 kinds of main industrial products this year, 268 kinds of products dropped (or decreasing rate expanded) 54.3 percent month-on-month. Of which, 126 kinds of products descended (or decreasing rate expanded) over 10 percentage points, which occupied 25.5 percent, such as program-controlled switches, computer, cell phones, washing machines, and so on; 57 kinds of products dipped (or decreasing rate expanded) 5-10 percentage points, which took up 11.5 percent, such as refrigerators, coke, fertilizer, 10 kinds of non-ferrous metals, aluminum, and so on; 28 kind of products came down (or decreasing rate expanded) 3-5 percentage points, which accounted for 5.7 percent, such as natural gas, chemical fiber, tobacco, crude steel, pig iron, and so on.

The growth rate of 219 kinds of product accelerated month-on-month, which took up 44.3 percent, of the total, the growth rate of air conditioner increased 14.2 percentage points, that of colour TV surged 11.9 percentage points, that of ethylene went up 9.4 percentage points, that of processed crude oil hit 5.3 percentage points, that of automobile increased 7.1 percentage points, that of cement came up 2.8 percentage points, that of natural oil stepped up 1.9 percentage points, and that of clothing and steel surged 1.4 percentage points respectively.

In terms of changes in regional growth

In April, the growth rate of eastern regions climbed 6.7 percent year-on-year, declined 0.9 percentage points month-on-month; that of central regions went up 5.5 percent, dropped 0.1 percentage points; that of western regions increased 12.7 percent, descended 3.2 percentage points. Growth rate of western regions dropped significantly larger than eastern and central regions.

In 31 regions, the growth rate of 16 regions speeded up (or decreasing rate narrowed), of the total, Chongqing was 3.6 percentage points, Henan was 2.2 percentage points, Fujian was 2.1 percentage points, Zhejiang was 1.2 percentage points, Shanghai was 0.7 percentage points. The growth rate declined in 15 regions, of the total, Guizhou went down 10.6 percentage points, Yunnan dropped 9.4 percentage points, Guangxi declined 8.9 percentage points, Hebei, Beijing, Xinjiang, Guangdong, and Jiangsu decreased over 3.0 percentage points respectively.

(National Bureau of Statistics May 14, 2009)