Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: From January to April, the value added of China's large-scale electronic information manufacturing industry increased by 11.3% year-on-year.

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01/06/2025
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In April, the operating income of the electronic information manufacturing industry with a scale of more than 1.34 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.4% year-on-year.
On June 1st, according to the WeChat official account "Industrial Informatization Daily", the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the operating situation of the electronic information manufacturing industry from January to April 2025. From January to April, the value added of the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 11.3% year-on-year, with growth rates 4.9 and 1.5 percentage points higher than the same period in the industrial sector and high-tech manufacturing sector respectively. From January to April, China's electronic information manufacturing industry saw steady production growth, slight fluctuations in exports, gradual improvement in efficiency, stable growth in investment, and a good overall industry development trend. The original text is as follows: Operating Situation of the Electronic Information Manufacturing Industry from January to April 2025 From January to April, China's electronic information manufacturing industry saw steady production growth, slight fluctuations in exports, gradual improvement in efficiency, stable growth in investment, and a good overall industry development trend. I. Steady Production Growth From January to April, the value added of the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 11.3% year-on-year, with growth rates 4.9 and 1.5 percentage points higher than the same period in the industrial sector and high-tech manufacturing sector respectively. In April, the value added of the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 10.8% year-on-year. From January to April, among the main products, the output of microcomputers was 105 million units, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%; the output of mobile phones was 454 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 6.8%; and the output of integrated circuits was 150.9 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%. II. Slight Fluctuations in Exports From January to April, the cumulative export delivery value of the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 4.5% year-on-year, a decrease of 2.6 percentage points compared to the first quarter. In April, the export delivery value of the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size decreased by 2.7% year-on-year. According to customs statistics, from January to April, China exported 43.84 million laptops, a year-on-year decrease of 0.4%; 224 million mobile phones, a year-on-year decrease of 7.1%; and 106.3 billion integrated circuits, a year-on-year increase of 20%. III. Gradual Improvement in Efficiency From January to April, the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size achieved operating income of 5.12 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%; operating costs of 4.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%; total profits of 159.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.6%; and an operating income profit margin of 3.1%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points compared to the first quarter. In April, the operating income of the electronic information manufacturing industry above designated size was 1.34 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%. IV. Stable Growth in Investment From January to April, fixed asset investment in the electronic information manufacturing industry increased by 9% year-on-year, a decrease of 1.5 percentage points compared to the first quarter. The investment growth rate in the electronic information manufacturing industry was 2.7 percentage points lower than that in the industrial sector during the same period, but 0.2 percentage points higher than that in the manufacturing industry. V. Slight Regional Differences From January to April, the eastern region of the electronic information manufacturing industry achieved operating income of 3.6546 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.6%; a decrease of 0.3 percentage points compared to the first quarter. The central region achieved operating income of 827 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%, a decrease of 0.8 percentage points compared to the first quarter; the western region achieved operating income of 612.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.3%, a decrease of 2 percentage points compared to the first quarter; and the northeast region achieved operating income of 27.92 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%, a decrease of 0.8 percentage points compared to the first quarter. (Note: 1. Except where noted, all statistical data in the text are from the National Bureau of Statistics or calculated based on it. 2. The term "electronic information manufacturing industry" in the text is the same as the "manufacture of computers, communications equipment, and other electronic equipment" in the national economic industry classification.) This article is excerpted from the WeChat official account "Industrial Informatization Daily". Translator: Chen Yufeng.