Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on May 16 showed that in April, The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size fell 2.9 percent year on year and 7.08 percent month-on-month. Among them, the added value of the manufacturing of chemical raw materials and chemical products fell 0.6 percent year on year.

Divided into three categories, the added value of mining industry in April increased by 9.5% year-on-year; Manufacturing fell by 4.6 per cent; And the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water grew 1.5 percent.

By economic type, value added of state-owned holding enterprises fell 2.9 percent year on year in April; Joint-stock enterprises increased by 0.5 percent, and those invested by foreign investors and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan enterprises decreased by 16.1 percent. And private companies down 1.1 percent.

By industry, 18 out of 41 major industry categories maintained year-on-year growth in value added in April. Among them, coal mining and washing industry grew by 13.2 percent, oil and natural gas extraction and extraction by 7.2 percent, agricultural and sideline food processing industry by 0.1 percent, wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry by 0.5 percent, textile industry by 6.3 percent, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing by 0.6 percent, and non-metallic mineral products industry by 6.2 percent. Ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry went down by 4.2 percent, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry by 1.4 percent, general equipment manufacturing by 15.8 percent, special equipment manufacturing by 5.5 percent, automobile manufacturing by 31.8 percent, and railway, ship, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing by 6.0 percent. The manufacturing of electrical machinery and equipment grew by 1.6 percent, the manufacturing of computers, communications and other electronic equipment by 4.9 percent, and the production and supply of electric power and heat by 0.9 percent.

By product, the output of 169 out of 617 product categories increased in April from a year earlier. Steel output was 114.83 million tons, down 5.8 percent year on year; Cement was 194.71 million tons, down 18.9 percent; 5.53 million tons of ten non-ferrous metals, up 0.3 percent; Ethylene was 2.18 million tons, down 1.3 percent; 1.282 million automobiles, down 43.5 percent, of which 33,000 were new-energy vehicles, up 42.2 percent; 608.6 billion KWH of electricity, down 4.3 percent; And the processing of crude oil was 51.81 million tons, down 10.5 percent.

Data showed that in April, the sales rate of industrial enterprises' products was 96.3 percent, down 1.9 percentage points year on year; Industrial enterprises achieved export delivery value of 1,144.1 billion yuan, a nominal decline of 1.9 percent.

From January to April, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0 percent year-on-year in real terms. Among them, the added value of the manufacturing of chemical raw materials and chemical products increased by 3.3% year-on-year.