From January to July, the value added of industries above the national scale increased by 5.3% year-on-year. Looking at the three major categories, the value added of the mining industry increased by 2.5% year on year, the manufacturing industry grew by 5.6%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 5.4%. The value added of the equipment manufacturing industry increased by 9.7% year on year, and the value added of the high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 13.8%, faster than the value added of industries of all sizes by 4.4 and 8.5 percentage points, respectively. By economic type, the value added of state-owned enterprises increased by 3.9% year on year; joint-stock enterprises increased 5.8%; foreign-invested enterprises, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan increased by 3.1%; and private enterprises increased 4.5%. By product, production of 3D printing equipment, lithium-ion batteries, and industrial robot products increased by 52.3%, 40.2%, and 28.5%, respectively. In July, the value added of industries above the national scale increased 4.5% year-on-year and 0.11% month-on-month. In July, the manufacturing purchasing managers' index was 49.2%, and the expected index of enterprise production and operation activity was 54.1%. From January to June, industrial enterprises above the national scale achieved a total profit of 3948 billion yuan, an increase of 18.7% over the previous year.

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