In April, the added value of China's textile industry increased 5.9% over the same period

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, in April, the value added of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 13.4% over the same period, and fell by 1.4 percentage points from that in March. From January to April, the value added of industries above designated size increased by 14.2% over the same period of last year, which was 0.2 percentage point lower than that of January to March. From a month-on-month basis, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 0.93% in April.

In terms of economic types, in April, state-owned and state-controlled enterprises increased by 10.4% over the same period, collective enterprises increased by 8.1%, joint-stock enterprises increased by 15.4%, and foreign-invested companies and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan invested companies increased by 9.7%. In light of heavy industry, in April, heavy industry increased by 14.0%, and light industry increased by 11.9%.

In terms of sub-sectors, in April, 39 major industries all increased over the same period. Among them, the textile industry increased by 5.9%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing increased by 13.9%, the non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 18.1%, the general equipment manufacturing industry increased by 19.9%, the transportation equipment manufacturing increased by 9.7%, and the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing. The industry grew by 14.3%, communications equipment, computers and other electronic equipment manufacturing increased by 14.6%, power and heat production and supply increased by 11.7%, and ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 8.5%.

From a product perspective, in April, 390 products out of 468 products increased over the same period. Among them, natural crude oil was 16.96 million tons, an increase of 4.4%; power generation was 366.4 billion kWh, an increase of 11.7%; crude steel was 59.03 million tons, an increase of 7.1%; cement was 185.56 million tons, an increase of 22.4%; Millions of vehicles, down 1.6%, including 813,000 cars, an increase of 0.7%.

In April, the sales rate of industrial enterprises was 98.4%, which was the same as the same month of last year. Industrial enterprises achieved export delivery value of RMB830 billion, which was a 20.1% increase over the same period.