<b>In April, the added value of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 8.7% year-on-year</b>

According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on May 17, in April, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size actually increased by 9.8% year-on-year, an increase of 14.1% over the same period in 2019, and an average increase of 6.8% in two years; a month-on-month increase of 0.52%. Among them, the manufacturing of chemical raw materials and chemical products increased by 8.7% year-on-year.

In terms of three major categories, in April, the added value of the mining industry increased by 3.2% year-on-year; the manufacturing industry increased by 10.3%; the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 10.3%.

In terms of economic types, in April, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 8.6% year-on-year; joint-stock enterprises increased by 10.4%, foreign and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-invested enterprises increased by 8.4%; private enterprises increased by 11.2%.

In terms of industries, in April, the added value of 37 of the 41 major industries maintained a year-on-year growth. The agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 3.4%, the textile industry increased by 2.5%, the chemical raw material and chemical product manufacturing industry increased by 8.7%, the non-metallic mineral product industry increased by 12.6%, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 10.9%, non-ferrous metal smelting and The rolling processing industry increased by 1.4%, the general equipment manufacturing industry increased by 14.9%, the special equipment manufacturing industry increased by 10.2%, the automobile manufacturing industry increased by 7.7%, the railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry increased by 7.7%, and electrical machinery and equipment The manufacturing industry increased by 22.6%, the computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 10.4%, and the electricity and heat production and supply industry increased by 9.8%.

In terms of products, in April, 445 of the 612 products increased year-on-year. 121.28 million tons of steel, an increase of 12.5% year-on-year; 239.28 million tons of cement, an increase of 6.3%; 5.48 million tons of ten non-ferrous metals, an increase of 11.6%; 2.21 million tons of ethylene, an increase of 19.0%; , 229,000 new energy vehicles, an increase of 175.9%; power generation was 623 billion kwh, an increase of 11.0%; crude oil processing volume was 57.9 million tons, an increase of 7.5%.

In April, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises was 98.3%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points year-on-year; the export delivery value of industrial enterprises was 1,158.4 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 18.5% year-on-year.

From January to April, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 20.3% year-on-year. Among them, the manufacturing of chemical raw materials and chemical products increased by 17.6% year-on-year.