CCTV News: The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the 17th, and the National Bureau of Statistics released the main indicators of national economic operation in 2024. Data shows that in 2024, my country's economic operation will be generally stable and progressive, and the main goals and tasks will be successfully achieved. In terms of industry, in 2024, my country's industrial production steadily accelerated, and the industrial economy generally maintained a recovery and positive trend, providing solid support for the high-quality development of my country's economy.
In this 2024 China Economic Answer Paper, the added value of large-scale industries in the country increased by 5.8% over the previous year, accelerating by 1.2 percentage points from 2023. More than 90% of industries and 60% of products achieved growth; industrial capacity utilization rate rebounded quarter by quarter, with capacity utilization rates in the first, second, third and fourth quarters respectively being 73.6%, 74.9%, 75.1% and 76.2%.
Wang Guanhua, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and deputy director of the Department of Comprehensive Statistics of the National Economy, said: "Industry is the main body of the real economy and the ballast for the stable operation of my country's economy. In 2024, my country's industrial production will show new characteristics of rapid growth, better structure, and new momentum. While expanding its scale, manufacturing will extend to the mid-to-high-end of the industrial chain and value chain, and high-end manufacturing will make an upward breakthrough."
Through this answer sheet, we can see that the trend of high-end, intelligent and green manufacturing in manufacturing is constantly emerging, and high-end manufacturing represented by electronic automobiles, railways, ships, aerospace, etc. has maintained a good development trend. In 2024, the added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by 8.9% compared with the previous year, 3.1 percentage points higher than all industries above designated size.
Luo Zhiheng, chief economist and director of the Research Institute of Guangdong Securities, said: "Our high-tech industry, equipment manufacturing industry, and "new three things", the overall production growth rate of this area remains in a very prosperous situation, driving the growth of industrial added value."
Looking forward to 2025, experts believe that my country's industrial development still contains many opportunities. With the profound adjustment of global industrial development, industrial chain restructuring, supply chain reshaping, and value chain reconstruction are constantly deepening. A new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is advancing, and the rapid development of artificial intelligence, new energy and other fields has also brought new impetus to my country's industrial economic growth.
Zhang Linshan, a researcher at the Macroeconomic Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, said: "Promote the implementation of support policies such as large-scale equipment renewal and consumer goods trade-in, and promote the stable growth of the industrial economy. At the same time, industrial enterprises will further increase investment in scientific and technological innovation, accelerate the development of new quality productivity, promote the transformation and upgrading of industrial structure and green and low-carbon development, and further enhance the resilience and security of the industrial chain and supply chain."
