In July, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up 14.0 percent year-on-year, or 1.1 percentage points lower than that in June. From January to July, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size surged 14.3 percent, maintained same level as in the first half year. In terms of month-on-month increase, the growth rate of the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was 0.9 percent in July.

Analysis on different types of enterprises showed that in July, the year-on-year growth of the state-owned and state holding enterprises went up by 9.5 percent; collective enterprises, 9.2 percent; share-holding enterprises, 15.8 percent; and 10.6 percent growth for enterprises funded by foreign investors or investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan province.

The year-on-year growth of heavy industry in July was 14.5 percent, and 12.8 percent for the light industry.

Grouped by different sectors, in July, all the 39 industrial divisions kept year-on-year growth. Of this total, the growth of textile industry was 8.6 percent; the manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products, up by 14.9 percent; the manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, up by 18.8 percent; the ferrous metal smelting and pressing, up by 10.9 percent; the manufacture of general machinery, 15.8 percent; the manufacture of transport equipment, 11.2 percent; the manufacture of electric machinery and equipment, 12.9 percent; the manufacture of communication equipment, computers and other electronic equipment, 15.0 percent; and the production and supply of electricity, gas and water, up 10.5 percent.

In terms of different products, of the total 468 products, the output of 381 products in the July showed a year-on-year growth. Of this total, the output of electricity was 425.2 billion kilowatt-hours, daily output stood at 13.7 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 13.2 percent; that of that of pig iron was 75.72 million tons, daily output reached 2.44 million tons, up by 14.9 percent; that of cement was 183.08 million tons, daily output hit 5.91 million tons, up by 16.8 percent; that of crude oil was 37.49 million tons, daily output reached 1.21 million tons, up by 5.9 percent; that of ten kinds of nonferrous metals was 2.93 million tons, daily output grew to 95 thousand tons, up by 9.8 percent; that of ethylene was 1.30 million tons, daily output reached 42 thousand tons, up by 11.5 percent; that of motor vehicles was 1318 thousand, daily output topped 43 thousand, down by 1.3 percent; that of cars was 777 thousand, daily output totaled 25 thousand, up by 12.6 percent.

The sales ratio of industrial products in July was 98.5 percent, or 0.2 percentage point higher than that in the same period of last year. The total export delivery value of industrial enterprises was 872.3 billion yuan, up by 16.6 percent year-on-year.