CCTV News: At the series of press conferences on the "China's High-Quality Economic Development Achievements" held by the State Information Office on the 21st, the 2024 China Manufacturing "report card" was newly released. In 2024, my country's total industrial added value reached 40.5 trillion yuan, and the overall scale of manufacturing industry has remained the world's first for 15 consecutive years.
Data shows that in 2024, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 5.8% year-on-year, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from 2023. The overall scale of manufacturing industry has remained the world's first for 15 consecutive years, and the industry and information technology sectors contributed 40% to economic growth, effectively playing the role of "stabilizer" and "ballast stone".
In 2024, 39 of the 41 major industrial industries in my country maintained growth, and key industries such as electronics, nonferrous metals, chemicals, and automobiles contributed 40% to the growth of industrial production. The added value of equipment manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 7.7% year-on-year throughout the year, and the contribution rate to the growth of all industries above designated size reached 46.2%.
A relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that in the next step, we will focus on promoting the implementation of existing policies and incremental policies and promoting the sustained and stable improvement of the industrial economy.
Zhang Yunming, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said: "The implementation of a new round of work plans for stabilizing growth in the top ten key industries will fully release the effects of large scale, wide-ranging and strong driving force of these industries, and increase support for industrial provinces and industrial cities."
