According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on September 15, the value-added of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.5% year-on-year in real terms in August (the growth rate of value-added is all adjusted for price factors). From the month-on-month point of view, in August, the industrial added value above designated size increased by 0.50% over the previous month. From January to August, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 3.9% year-on-year.

Divided into three categories, mining added 2.3 per cent in August from a year earlier, manufacturing increased 5.4 per cent and electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply increased 0.2 per cent.

By economic type, in August, the added value of state-owned enterprises increased by 5.2% year-on-year; Joint-stock enterprises grew by 5.7%, and enterprises invested by foreign investors and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan enterprises grew by 0.8%. Private companies grew 3.4 percent.

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By industry, in August, 23 of the 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth in added value. Among them, the coal mining and washing industry increased by 1.6%, the oil and natural gas extraction industry increased by 7.2%, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 3.1%, the wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry decreased by 2.9%, the textile industry increased by 1.4%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 14.8%, and the non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 1.6%. Ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 14.5 percent, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 8.8 percent, general equipment manufacturing decreased by 0.8 percent, special equipment manufacturing decreased by 0.5 percent, automobile manufacturing increased by 9.9 percent, and railway, shipping, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing increased by 3.1 percent. The manufacturing of electrical machinery and equipment increased by 10.2%, the manufacturing of computers, communications and other electronic equipment increased by 5.8%, and the production and supply of electricity and heat increased by 0.2%.

By product, in August, 356 products out of 620 products increased year-on-year. 116.52 million tons of steel, an increase of 11.4%; 179.25 million tons of cement, down 2.0%; 10 kinds of non-ferrous metals 6.29 million tons, an increase of 6.1%; 2.64 million tons of ethylene, an increase of 16.8%; The number of automobiles was 2.513 million, up by 4.5%, of which 80.0 million were new-energy vehicles, up by 13.8%; 845 billion KWH of electricity generation, up 1.1%; Crude oil processing capacity was 64.69 million tons, up 19.6 percent.

In August, the sales rate of industrial enterprises was 97.4%, down 0.7 percentage points year on year. The export delivery value of industrial enterprises reached 1,226.6 billion yuan, down 4.5% year-on-year in nominal terms.