National Bureau of Statistics: The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.3% in January and February 2026.

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to February, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.3% year-on-year (the growth rate of value added is the actual growth rate excluding price factors). Looking at a month-on-month comparison, in February, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 0.83% compared to the previous month. By major category, from January to February, the added value of the mining industry increased by 6.1% year-on-year, manufacturing by 6.6%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas, and water by 4.7%. By economic type, from January to February, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 4.2% year-on-year; joint-stock enterprises by 6.9%, foreign, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan-funded enterprises by 4.0%; and private enterprises by 7.4%. By industry, from January to February, 35 out of 41 major industries saw year-on-year growth in added value. Among them, the coal mining and washing industry grew by 7.2%, petroleum and natural gas extraction by 5.8%, agricultural and sideline food processing by 6.1%, liquor, beverage, and refined tea manufacturing by 4.3%, textile industry by 5.3%, chemical raw materials and chemical product manufacturing by 7.6%, non-metallic mineral products by 2.5%, black metal smelting and processing by 2.2%, non-ferrous metal smelting and processing by 3.9%, general equipment manufacturing by 8.9%, special equipment manufacturing by 8.8%, automobile manufacturing by 3.4%, railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing by 13.7%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing by 8.7%, computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing by 14.2%, and electric power, heat production and supply by 5.1%. By product, from January to February, out of 626 industrial products above designated size, 397 products saw year-on-year growth in production. Among them, steel production was 221.19 million tons, down by 1.1% year-on-year; cement was 178.27 million tons, up by 6.8%; ten kinds of non-ferrous metals were 13.42 million tons, up by 3.9%; ethylene was 6.6 million tons, up by 5.1%; automobiles were 40.24 million vehicles, down by 9.9%, with new energy vehicles at 16.04 million vehicles, down by 13.7%; electricity generation was 1571.8 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 4.1%; crude oil processing was 122.63 million tons, up by 2.9%. From January to February, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises above designated size was 95.4%, down by 0.1 percentage points year-on-year; the export delivery value of industrial enterprises above designated size was 2.405 trillion yuan, up by 6.3% in nominal terms.