III. Industry and Construction

In 2009, the total value added of the industrial sector was 13,462.5 billion yuan, up by 8.3 percent over the previous year. The value added of industrial enterprises above the designated size was up by 11.0 percent. Of this total, that of the state-owned and state-holding enterprises grew by 6.9 percent, that of the collective enterprises went up by 10.2 percent, that of the share-holding enterprises increased by 13.3 percent, that of the enterprises by foreign investors and investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan soared by 6.2 percent and 18.7 percent growth for private enterprises. Analyzed by light and heavy industries, the growth of the light industry was 9.7 percent and that of the heavy industry was 11.5 percent.

In 2009, of the industrial enterprises above designated size, the growth of value added for the mining and washing of coal industry was 8.3 percent over the previous year; for the extraction of petroleum and natural gas was 4.8 percent; for processing of food from agricultural product 15.9 percent; for textile industry 8.5 percent; for manufacture of general machinery 11.0 percent; for manufacture of special purpose machinery 13.0 percent; for manufacture of transport equipment 18.4 percent, of which, 20.3 percent for automobile manufacturing, and 20.7 percent for ship manufacturing; for manufacture of communication equipment, computers and other electronic equipment 5.3 percent and for manufacture of electrical machinery and equipment 12.0 percent. The growth of the value added for the major six high energy consuming industries were 10.6 percent, of which, that of the manufacture of non-metallic mineral products was 14.7 percent, manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products 14.6 percent, smelting and pressing of ferrous metals 12.8 percent, smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals 9.9 percent, production and supply of electric power and heat power 6.0 percent and 5.2 percent for processing of petroleum, coking, processing of nuclear fuel. The value added growth for the high-tech industry was 7.7 percent over the previous year.

Table 2: Output of Major Industrial Products and the Growth Rates in 2009 

 

The profits made by the industrial enterprises above the designated size in the first 11 months of 2009 were 2,589.1 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8 percent over the same period of last year.

 

Table 3: Profits and Growth of Industrial Enterprises above the Designated Size in the First Eleven Months of 2009

                                                                                                                Unit: 100 million yuan

Item	Total Profits	Increase over same period last year (%)
Industrial enterprises above designated size	25891	7.8
Of which: State-owned and state-holding enterprises	7514	-4.5
Of which: Collective enterprises	545	10.3
Share-holding enterprises	13890	4.2
Enterprises by foreign investors or investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan	7511	16.9
Of which: Private enterprises	6849	17.4

 

In 2009, the value added of construction enterprises in China was 2,233.3 billion yuan, up by 18.2 percent over the previous year. The profits made by construction enterprises qualified for general contracts and specialized contracts reached 266.3 billion yuan, up by 21.0 percent, of which the profits made by the state-owned and state-holding enterprises were 69.7 billion yuan, up by 23.9 percent.