In May, value-added of the industrial enterprises above designated size (enterprises with an annual income over 5 million yuan) was up by 8.9 percent year-on-year, or 7.1 percentage points dropped over same period of previous year, promoted 1.6 percentage points month-on-month.

In terms of main sectors, the growth rate of textile industry went up 8.3 percent; that of manufacture of chemical raw material and chemical products hit 11.1 percent; that of non-metal mineral products industry increased 14.7 percent; that of general equipment manufacturing industry promoted 9.3 percent; that of transportation equipment manufacturing industry went up by 12.8 percent; that of electric machinery and equipment manufacturing industry jumped 11.2 percent; that of telecommunication, computer and other electric facilities manufacturing industry increased 4.3 percent; and that of production and supply of electric power and heat power expanded 1.0 percent; and that of smelting and pressing of ferrous metals industry ballooned 2.3 percent.

In terms of main products, crude coal reached 250 million tons, up by 9.6 percent year-on-year; that of crude oil hit 16,032 thousand tons, declined 1.1 percent; that of electricity accounted for 283.89 billion kilowatt-hours, fell 2.7 percent year-on-year; that of pig iron, crude steel and rolled steel stood at 45426, 46460 and 57291 thousand tons, went up 6.0, 0.6 and 7.4 percent respectively; that of cement amounted to 150 million tons, came up 13.5 percent; that of automobiles achieved 1,148 thousand sets, increased 29.0 percent, of which, saloon cars accounted to 608 thousand sets, surged 35.0 percent.

The sales ratio of industrial products was 97.34 percent, dipped 0.49 percentage points year-on-year. The export delivery value of industrial enterprises reached 581.36 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 15.0 percent.

Value-added of the industrial enterprises above designated size increased 6.3 percent from January to May, year-on-year.

(National Bureau of Statistics June 12, 2009)