In April, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up 17.8 percent year-on-year, or 0.3 percentage point lower than that in March 2010; in the first four months of this year, it was up 19.1 percent year-on-year, which was down by 0.5 percentage points over that in the first quarter in 2010.
Analysis on different types of enterprises showed that in April 2010, the growth of the state-owned and state holding enterprises went up by 17.6 percent; collective enterprises, 12.0 percent; share-holding enterprises, 19.1 percent; and 16.8 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 April was 19.4 percent, and 14.1 percent for the light industry.
Grouped by different sectors, in April all the 39 industrial divisions kept year-on-year growth. Of this total, the growth of textile industry was 11.2 percent; the manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products, up by 17.9 percent; the manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, up by 20.4 percent; the manufacture of general machinery, 23.3 percent; the manufacture of transport equipment, 23.2 percent; the manufacture of electric machinery and equipment, 18.2 percent; the manufacture of communication equipment, computers and other electronic equipment, 18.2 percent; the production and supply of electricity, gas and water, up 14.8 percent; and the ferrous metal smelting and pressing, up by 19.7 percent.
In terms of different products, of the total 503 products, the output of 428 products in April showed a year-on-year growth. Of this total, the output of crude oil was 16.262 million tons, up by 4.2 percent; that of electricity was 331.64 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 21.4 percent; that of pig iron was 55.403 million tons, up by 27.0 percent; that of cement was 161.145 million tons, up by 16.1 percent; that of motor vehicles was 1,598 thousand, up by 34.6 percent, of which, the output of cars was 786 thousand, up by 36.9 percent.
The sales ratio of industrial products in April was 98.4 percent, or 0.6 percentage point higher than that in last April. The total export delivery value of industrial enterprises was 718.37 billion yuan, up by 27.5 percent year-on-year.
2. Urban investment in fixed assets kept fast growth.
In the first four months of this year, the urban investment in fixed assets reached 4,674.3 billion yuan, up by 26.1 percent year-on-year, or 4.4 percentage points lower than that in the same period of last year; it dropped by 0.3 percentage point over that in the first quarter of this year. Of this total, that in the state-owned and state holding enterprises reached 1,939.4 billion yuan, a rise of 20.8 percent; that in the real estate development was 993.2 billion yuan, up by 36.2 percent.
Grouped by jurisdiction of project management, in the first four months of this year, the central investment reached 383.3 billion yuan; the year-on-year growth was 10.6 percent while the local investment was 4,291.0 billion yuan, up by 27.6 percent. Grouped by status of registration, in the first four months of this year, the investment by domestic enterprises was 4,306.6 billion yuan, up by 28.1 percent; investment by funds from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan was 162.7 billion yuan, up by 13.0 percent; and the investment by foreign funds was 186.6 billion yuan, up by 1.3 percent.
In the first four months of this year, the investment in primary industry, secondary industry and the tertiary industry went up by 16.5 percent, 21.7 percent and 29.7 percent respectively. Grouped by different sectors, in the first four months of this year, the investment in coal mining and washing was 59.2 billion yuan, up by 27.8 percent; that in production and supply of electric power and heat power 222.5 billion yuan, up 5.6 percent; extraction of petroleum and natural gas 50.6 billion yuan, up by 2.7 percent; railway transport 113.6 billion yuan, up 17.5 percent.
Analysis on projects under construction or started this year showed that in the first four months of this year, projects under construction numbered 189,916, an increase of 17,443 over the same period of last year; the total planned investment in projects under construction reached 31,735.3 billion yuan, up by 27.5 percent year-on-year; projects newly started this year totaled 85,196, a decrease of 1,224; the total planned investment in newly started projects was 4,832.8 billion yuan, up by 31.3 percent over the same period of last year.
In terms of funds in place for investment, in the first four months of this year, 6,759.6 billion yuan had been invested, a year-on-year growth of 35.1 percent. Of this total, the growth of government budgetary funds went up by 14.2 percent; investment from domestic loans went up by 33.8 percent; that from self-raising funds went up by 31.9 percent and that from foreign investment dropped by 9.5 percent.
3. Total retail sales of consumer goods maintained steady and fast growth.
In April, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 1,151.0 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 18.5 percent, which was 3.7 percentage points higher than that in April 2009, or 0.5 percentage point higher than that in the previous month of this year. In the first four months of this year, the total retail sales of consumer goods were 4,788.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 18.1 percent, or up by 3.1 percentage points over that in the same period of last year. It was 0.2 percentage point higher over that in the first quarter of this year.
Analyzed by different areas, the retail sales in urban areas reached 998.0 billion yuan in April, up by 18.9 percent, and the retail sales in rural areas stood at 153.0 billion yuan, up by 16.0 percent.
Grouped by consumption patterns, the total income of catering services was 126.5 billion yuan in April, up by 17.0 percent year-on-year, and that of retail goods was 1,024.5 billion yuan, up 18.7 percent. Of this total, the total retail sales of enterprises (units) above designated size stood at 429.3 billion yuan, up 31.3 percent.
4. The year-on-year growth of consumer prices expanded slightly.
In April, the consumer price index went up by 2.8 percent year-on-year (it was 1.5 percent decrease in April 2009), or 0.4 percentage point higher over that in the previous month of this year. In April, the price grew by 2.7 percent in cities and 3.0 percent in rural areas year-on-year. The food price went up by 5.9 percent while the non-food price increased by 1.3 percent. The prices of consumer goods went up by 3.2 percent and the prices of services grew up by 1.6 percent. In the first four months, the year-on-year change of consumer price was up by 2.4 percent (it was 0.8 percent decline the same period a year ago), or expanded by 0.2 percentage point as compared with that in the first quarter of this year. Grouped by commodity categories, in April, of the eight categories of commodities, five of them experienced prices rise, two witnessed prices decline and one maintained the same level. Of which, prices for food went up by 5.9 percent; prices for tobacco, liquor and articles rose by 1.7 percent; price for clothing went down by 1.3 percent; prices for household facilities, articles and maintenance services went down by 0.5 percent; health care and personal articles rose by 2.8 percent; transportation and communication maintained the same level; recreation, education, culture articles and services grew by 0.4 percent, and housing went up by 4.5 percent.
In April this year, the month-on-month change of consumer price was up by 0.2 percent. Of which, price in cities went up by 0.2 percent and that in rural areas went up by 0.2 percent. The food price declined by 0.1 percent while the non-food price grew by 0.3 percent. The price of consumer goods grew by 0.1 percent, and the price of services went up by 0.5 percent. Grouped by commodity categories, in April, prices for food dropped by 0.1 percent month-on-month, prices for tobacco, liquor and articles maintained the same level of growth, price for clothing went up by 0.1 percent, prices for household facilities, articles and maintenance services showed no change of growth, health care and personal articles grew by 0.3 percent; transportation and communication went down by 0.1 percent, recreation, education, culture articles and services rose by 0.5 percent, and housing went up by 0.9 percent.
5. The growth of producer prices for manufactured goods expanded to some extent.
In April, the producer prices for manufactured goods went up by 6.8 percent year-on-year (it was 6.6 percent decline in April 2009), or 0.9 percentage point higher than that in the previous month. In the first four months of this year, the year-on-year change of the producer price for manufactured good was up by 5.6 percent (it was down by 5.1 percent the same period a year ago), which was 0.4 percentage point higher over that in the first quarter of this year. The producer prices for means of production went up by 8.5 percent year-on-year in April, of which that for mining and quarrying industry grew by 30.9 percent, raw materials industry went up by 13.6 percent and processing industry increased by 3.3 percent. The producer prices for means of livelihood increased by 1.4 percent, of which, the food prices grew by 2.6 percent, clothing went up by 1.6 percent, articles for daily use grew by 1.4 percent and durable consumer goods dropped by 0.6 percent. In April, the month-on-month change of the producer prices for manufactured good went up by 1.0 percent.
In April, the purchasing prices for raw materials, fuel and power went up by 12.0 percent year-on-year (it was down by 9.6 percent in April 2009), or 0.5 percentage point higher over that in the previous month. In the first four months of this year, the purchasing prices for raw materials, fuel and power grew by 10.4 percent year-on-year (it was down by 7.7 percent in the same period of last year), or 0.5 percentage point higher than that in the first quarter of this year. In April, the year-on-year change of prices for nonferrous metals and wire went up by 29.1 percent, fuel and power went by 24.0 percent, 7.4 percent growth for raw chemical materials and 8.3 percent increase for ferrous metals.
