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2025-10-24

↑6.5%! The industrial economy is making steady progress!

This morning, the National Bureau of Statistics released data on the operation of the national economy for the first three quarters of 2025.


In September, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.5% year-on-year (the growth rate of added value is the actual growth rate after deducting price factors).


From a month on month perspective, in September, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 0.64% compared to the previous month. From January to September, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.2% year-on-year.

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Looking at the three major categories, in September, the added value of the mining industry increased by 6.4% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 7.3%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas, and water increased by 0.6% In terms of economic types, in September, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 6.5% year-on-year; Joint stock enterprises increased by 6.8%, while foreign and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan invested enterprises increased by 5.8%; Private enterprises grew by 4.6%.


By industry, in September, 36 out of 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth in added value. Among them, coal mining and washing industry increased by 6.4%, oil and gas mining industry by 8.9%, agricultural and sideline food processing industry by 6.0%, wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry by 0.8%, textile industry by 2.2%, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry by 9.0%, non-metallic mineral products industry by 0.2%, ferrous metal refining and rolling processing industry by 2.2%, nonferrous metal refining and rolling processing industry by 8.4%, general equipment manufacturing industry by 9.3%, special equipment manufacturing industry by 5.4%, automobile manufacturing industry by 16.0%, railway, ship, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry by 10.3%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry by 7.9%, computer, communication and Other electronic equipment manufacturing industry grew by 11.3%, and power and heat production and supply industries grew by 0.5%.


In terms of products, in September, 362 out of 623 industrial products above designated size had a year-on-year increase in output. Among them, there were 124.21 million tons of steel, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%; Cement reached 154.44 million tons, a decrease of 8.6%. Ten types of non-ferrous metals accounted for 6.95 million tons, an increase of 2.9%. Ethylene reached 2.99 million tons, an increase of 5.3%. There were 3.227 million vehicles, an increase of 13.7%, including 1.58 million new energy vehicles, an increase of 20.3%; The power generation reached 826.2 billion kilowatt hours, an increase of 1.5%; The crude oil processing volume was 62.69 million tons, an increase of 6.8%


In September, the sales rate of products from industrial enterprises above designated size was 96.7%, an increase of 0.6 percentage points year-on-year; Industrial enterprises above designated size achieved an export delivery value of 1.476 trillion yuan, a nominal increase of 3.8% year-on-year.