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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — China's industrial sector maintained positive momentum and showed continuous improvement in the quality of growth in the first three quarters of this year.
In January-September 2025, the added value of output at China's leading industrial enterprises grew by 6.2 percent year-on-year, according to data released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
According to data published by the State Statistical Service, in September of this year this indicator increased by 6.5 percent year-on-year, which was 1.3 percentage points higher than in August of this year.
Industrial production added value in China is used to measure the output activity of leading industrial enterprises with annual revenue from core business activities of RMB 20 million (about US$2.82 million) and above.
According to the State Statistical Office, last month, the added value created by manufacturing enterprises increased by 7.3 percent year-on-year, while in the extractive industry it increased by 6.4 percent. Meanwhile, in the electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply sector, this figure increased by 0.6 percent.
And in the first three quarters, the growth of this indicator in the manufacturing industry was 6.8 percent, in the mining industry – 5.8 percent, in the sector of production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water – 2 percent.
In January-September, the added value of products by leading high-tech manufacturing enterprises increased by 9.6 percent year-on-year, and their contribution to the growth of added value of products by all leading industrial enterprises in the country amounted to 24.7 percent.
In the first three quarters, the volume of exports from China's leading industrial enterprises grew by 3.3 percent, a growth rate 0.3 percentage points higher than in January-August of this year.
From January to August, profits at China's leading industrial companies increased by 0.9 percent year-on-year, reversing the downward trend in their overall profits observed since May of this year. In particular, manufacturing profits maintained a relatively high growth rate, increasing by 7.4 percent year-on-year.
Wang Xin, Deputy Director of the Industrial Statistics Department of the National Bureau of Statistical Information, noted that China's industrial sector still faces problems such as relatively insufficient effective demand and low enterprise profitability.
According to her, the next stage will see the country fully, precisely, and comprehensively implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development architecture, accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, increase the supply of high-quality products, continually create new growth points to expand domestic demand, and strengthen the foundation for the stable development of the industrial economy.
Data released Monday also showed that China's GDP grew 5.2 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2025. -0-
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