According to data released by the National Bureau of statistics on September 15, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 5.6% year-on-year and 1.02% month on month. Among them, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 6.9% year on year.

Divide into three major categories, the added value of mining industry increased by 1.6% year-on-year in August, and decreased by 2.6% in July; the manufacturing industry increased by 6.0%, which was the same as that in July; the power, heat, gas and water production and supply industry increased by 5.8%, 4.1 percentage points faster.

In terms of economic types, in August, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 5.2%, joint-stock enterprises increased by 5.8%, foreign-funded enterprises and enterprises invested by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan increased by 5.3%, and private enterprises increased by 5.7%.

In terms of industries, in August, 29 of the 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth in added value. Agricultural and sideline food processing industry decreased by 2.5%, textile industry increased by 3.3%, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 6.9%, non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 5.0%, ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 9.2%, nonferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 4.8%, general equipment manufacturing industry increased by 10.9%, special equipment manufacturing industry increased by 8.0%, automobile manufacturing industry increased by 14.8%, and railway, rolling and rolling processing industry increased by 4.8% Shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 0.3%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 15.1%, computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 8.7%, and power and heat production and supply industry increased by 5.9%.

In terms of regions, in August, the added value of the eastern region increased by 6.8%, the central region by 5.4%, the western region by 4.5%, and the northeast by 6.6%.

In terms of products, 394 of 612 products increased year on year in August. Steel 119.13 million tons, up 11.3%; cement 224.89 million tons, an increase of 6.6%; ten kinds of non-ferrous metals 5.29 million tons, an increase of 6.9%; ethylene 1.79 million tons, an increase of 8.6%; 2.088 million vehicles, an increase of 7.6%, including 125000 new energy vehicles, an increase of 31.6%; power generation of 723.8 billion kwh, an increase of 6.8%; crude oil processing capacity of 59.47 million tons, an increase of 9.2%.

In August, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises was 98.2%, 0.4% lower than that of the same month of last year; the export delivery value of industrial enterprises reached 1045.2 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 1.2% over the same period of last year. 

From January to August, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 0.4% year on year.