According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in August 2025, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 5.2% year-on-year in real terms (the growth rate of added value is the actual growth rate after deducting price factors). From a month on month perspective, in August, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 0.37% compared to the previous month. From January to August, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.2% year-on-year.

Looking at the three major categories, in August, the added value of the mining industry increased by 5.1% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 5.7%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas, and water increased by 2.4%. By economic type, in August, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 4.7% year-on-year; Joint stock enterprises increased by 6.0%, while foreign and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan invested enterprises increased by 2.3%; Private enterprises grew by 4.6%.

By industry, in August, 31 out of 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth in added value. Among them, coal mining and washing industry increased by 5.1%, oil and gas mining industry by 4.7%, agricultural and sideline food processing industry by 4.7%, wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry by 2.4%, textile industry by 1.5%, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry by 7.6%, non-metallic mineral products industry by 0.5%, ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry by 7.3%, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry by 9.1%, general equipment manufacturing industry by 7.3%, special equipment manufacturing industry by 4.0%, automobile manufacturing industry by 8.4%, railway, ship, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry by 12.0%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry by 9.8%, computer, communication and other electronics The equipment manufacturing industry grew by 9.9%, and the power and heat production and supply industries grew by 2.5%.

In terms of products, in August, 319 out of 623 industrial products above designated size had a year-on-year increase in output. Among them, 122.77 million tons of steel were produced, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%; 148.02 million tons of cement, a decrease of 6.2%; Ten types of non-ferrous metals accounted for 6.98 million tons, an increase of 3.8%; 3.14 million tons of ethylene, an increase of 10.4%; 2.752 million cars, an increase of 10.5%, including 1.333 million new energy vehicles, an increase of 22.7%; The power generation reached 936.3 billion kilowatt hours, an increase of 1.6%; The crude oil processing volume was 63.46 million tons, an increase of 7.6%. In August, the sales rate of products from industrial enterprises above designated size was 96.6%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.1 percentage points; Industrial enterprises above designated size achieved an export delivery value of 1302.9 billion yuan, a nominal decrease of 0.4% year-on-year.