CCTV News (News Network): Information released by the China Mechanical Industry Federation shows that in 2024, with the implementation of the "two new" policies and a package of policy measures, many economic indicators of my country's machinery industry have achieved stable growth. Among them, the scale of the industry hit a new high. As of the end of 2024, the number of enterprises above the scale of the machinery industry was 132,000, an increase of 11,000 over the previous year.
In addition, the added value has achieved steady growth. In 2024, the added value of large-scale enterprises in the machinery industry increased by 6.0% year-on-year, 0.2 percentage points higher than the national industry. The added value of the five major national economic industries mainly involved in the machinery industry has achieved growth.
In terms of production and sales, the output of 72 products increased year-on-year in the 122 major mechanical products that are focused on monitoring.
Foreign trade has made steady progress. In 2024, the total import and export volume, export volume and trade surplus of my country's machinery industry all hit a new record high. The total import and export volume of goods in the machinery industry exceeded US$1.17 trillion for the fourth consecutive year, reaching US$1.17 trillion, an increase of 7.5% year-on-year.
