The headline: industrial value added 6.5 per cent in May 2017

In May 2017, the industrial added value increased by 6.5% as compared with the actual (the added value of both real growth of deducting the price factor), and flat in April. On a month-to-month basis, the value of industrial output increased by 0.51 per cent in May from the previous month. In January and may, industrial production increased by 6.7% year-on-year.

In three major categories, in May, the added value of the mining industry grew by 0.5% year on year, manufacturing growth 6.9%, electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industry growth rate of 6.4%.

In may, the added value of state-controlled enterprises increased by 6.2% year on year. The corporate sector grew by 3.2 percent, the shareholding enterprises increased by 6.8 percent, and foreign and Hong Kong and Macao business investment enterprises increased 5.9 percent.

In the sector, 35 of the 41 categories in May maintained year-on-year growth. 7.4% among them, the agricultural food processing industry, textile industry increased by 5.0%, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing growth 2.8%, non-metallic mineral products increased by 4.7%, a 1.9% drop in black metal smelting and rolling processing industry, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grows 2.2%, general equipment manufacturing growth 11.5%, special equipment manufacturing growth 11.1%, automobile manufacturing growth 10.3%, railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry grows 6.1%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing growth 10.7%, computers, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing growth 11.1%, electricity, heat production and supply industry growth rate of 6.1%.

Points region, in May, the added value of the eastern region year-on-year growth of 6.5%, 8.2% growth in central and western regions grew by 8.0%, 1.1% growth in northeast China.

In may, 408 of the 596 products were up year-on-year. Among them, 95.78 million tons of steel, down 1.9% year on year. Cement 228.46 million tons, up 0.5%; Ten kinds of non-ferrous metals were 4.58 million tons, up 2.4 percent. Ethylene 1.48 million, down 2.0%; The car was 2182,000 vehicles, up 4.1%. 855, 000 cars, down 5.8%; When it generated 494.7 billion kilowatt hours, it increased by 5.0%. Crude processing was 46.62 million tons, up 5.4 percent.

In may, the sales rate for industrial enterprises was 97.7 percent, up 0.4 percentage points from a year earlier. The export value of industrial enterprises was 10.7 billion yuan, up 10.7 percent from a year earlier.