Industrial added value above designated size grew 6.3% in January-February 2026

Industrial added value above designated size increased by 6.3% in January-February 2026

In January-February, the industrial added value above designated size grew by 6.3% year-on-year in real terms (the growth rate excluding price factors). Month-on-month, in February, the industrial added value above designated size increased by 0.83% compared to the previous month.

Looking at the three major categories, in January-February, the value added by mining increased by 6.1% year-on-year, manufacturing grew by 6.6%, and electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply increased by 4.7%.

In terms of economic types, in January-February, the value added by state-controlled enterprises increased by 4.2% year-on-year; joint-stock enterprises grew by 6.9%, foreign and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan-invested enterprises increased by 4.0%; private enterprises grew by 7.4%.

By industry, in January-February, 35 out of 41 major industry categories saw year-on-year growth in value added. Among them, coal mining and washing industry increased by 7.2%, oil and natural gas extraction grew by 5.8%, agricultural and sideline food processing increased by 6.1%, alcohol, beverage, and refined tea manufacturing grew by 4.3%, textile industry increased by 5.3%, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing grew by 7.6%, non-metallic mineral products increased by 2.5%, ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing increased by 2.2%, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing grew by 3.9%, general equipment manufacturing increased by 8.9%, specialized equipment manufacturing grew by 8.8%, automobile manufacturing increased by 3.4%, railway, ship, aerospace, and other transportation equipment manufacturing grew by 13.7%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing increased by 8.7%, computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing grew by 14.2%, and electricity, heat production, and supply increased by 5.1%.

Looking at products, in January-February, out of 626 industrial products above designated size, 397 saw year-on-year growth in output. Among them, steel production was 221.19 million tons, down 1.1%; cement was 178.27 million tons, up 6.8%; ten types of non-ferrous metals totaled 13.42 million tons, up 3.9%; ethylene was 6.6 million tons, up 5.1%; automobile production was 4.024 million units, down 9.9%, including 1.604 million new energy vehicles, down 13.7%; electricity generation was 1,571.8 billion kWh, up 4.1%; crude oil processing was 122.63 million tons, up 2.9%.

In January-February, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises above designated size was 95.4%, down 0.1 percentage points year-on-year; the export delivery value of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 2.405 trillion yuan, a nominal increase of 6.3% year-on-year.

(Edited by: Wen Jing)

Keywords: Industrial added value