CCTV News: As major engineering projects in many places across the country enter the "acceleration" stage, the construction machinery industry has also ushered in the traditional start-up and sales peak season. How is the situation in 2025?

In a loader production enterprise in Huzhou, Zhejiang, Sun Chengjun, the head of the production department, is busy. He introduced that since 2025, the market demand has been very strong, and the entire production line is working overtime to rush delivery.

Sun Chengjun introduced that the entire factory production line has entered a high-speed operation state, and production orders have increased by about 150% compared with 2024.

It is understood that orders from many loader manufacturers have been scheduled to the third quarter. In order to deliver on time, it has become the norm to go to upstream suppliers to pick up goods.

Data shows that from January to April 2025, the major loader manufacturing companies sold a total of 42,220 loaders of various types, an increase of 16% year-on-year. Among them, domestic sales volume was 23,570 units, a year-on-year increase of 27.8%; export volume was 18,650 units, a year-on-year increase of 3.87%. The penetration rate of electric loaders is constantly increasing, and the electrification of construction machinery is accelerating

At present, due to the decline in the price of raw materials for lithium batteries and the stricter environmental protection requirements, the penetration rate of electrification of loaders has increased rapidly.

At the electric unmanned loader training base of a loader manufacturer in Liuzhou, Guangxi, an electric loader quickly completed various operating instructions under the command of the operator.

The company's technical director introduced that since 2025, thanks to the breakthroughs in key technologies such as electric loader batteries, electronic controls, and motors, the cost of use and maintenance has been greatly reduced, and the sales of electric loader products have been rising steadily.

Zhao Ming, director of the Electrical Technology and Product Research Institute of a construction machinery enterprise in Liuzhou, Guangxi, introduced that as of now, they have sold more than 8,000 electric products around the world, more than 60 countries and regions, covering more than 95% of the working conditions of traditional construction machinery products.

Industry insiders said that in the future, with the iteration of battery technology and intelligent upgrades, electric loaders are expected to further penetrate into more application scenarios.

Ning Jiantu, general manager of the Domestic Marketing Center of a Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. in Liuzhou, Guangxi, introduced that the penetration rate of electric loaders was less than 8% the year before yesterday, and increased significantly to 20% in 2024. It is predicted that the penetration rate of electric loaders may exceed 35% in 2025.