The Zhitong Finance App learned that data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that in September, the value added of industries above scale actually increased by 5.5% year on year (the growth rate of value added is the actual growth rate after deducting price factors), 0.3 percentage points faster than the previous month. On a month-on-month basis, in September, the value added of industries above scale increased by 0.61% over the previous month. From January to September, the value added of large-scale industries increased by 5.3% year-on-year. Looking at the three major categories, in September, the value added of the mining industry increased by 1.3% year on year, the manufacturing industry grew by 6.0%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 5.6%.
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Value added of industries above scale increased by 5.5% in September 2026
In September, the value added of industries above scale actually increased by 5.5% year on year (the growth rate of value added is the actual growth rate after deducting price factors), 0.3 percentage points faster than the previous month. On a month-on-month basis, in September, the value added of industries above scale increased by 0.61% over the previous month. From January to September, the value added of large-scale industries increased by 5.3% year-on-year.
Looking at the three major categories, in September, the value added of the mining industry increased by 1.3% year on year, the manufacturing industry grew by 6.0%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 5.6%.
By economic type, in September, the value added of state-owned enterprises increased by 3.6% year on year; joint-stock enterprises increased by 6.0%, foreign-invested enterprises, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan increased by 3.7%; and private enterprises increased by 3.8%.
By industry, in September, 31 of the 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth in value added. Among them, the coal mining and washing industry declined by 3.3%, the oil and gas extraction industry grew by 9.8%, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry grew by 4.1%, the wine, beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry grew by 5.5%, the textile industry grew by 3.2%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry grew by 2.4%, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grew by 1.6%, the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry decreased by 5.1%, the general equipment manufacturing industry grew by 12.1%, and the automobile manufacturing industry grew 6.7%. The railway, ship, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry grew 11.7%, the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry grew 8.1%, the computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry grew 16.4%, and the electricity, heat production and supply industry grew 5.6%.
By product, in September, the output of 271 products out of 626 products in large-scale industries increased year-on-year. Among them, 118.17 million tons of steel, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%; 144.01 million tons of cement, a decrease of 5.3%; 6.93 million tons of ethylene, an increase of 0.1%; 3.55 million tons of ethylene, a decrease of 6.4%; 3.06 million vehicles, a decrease of 5.7%, including 1.87 million new energy vehicles, an increase of 16.9%; power generation capacity of 829.4 billion kilowatt-hours, a decrease of 1.2%; crude oil processing volume of 57.48 million tons, a decrease of 8.4%.
In September, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises above scale was 97.0%, down 0.2 percentage points from year on year; industrial enterprises above scale achieved export delivery value of 1713.2 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 17.0% year on year.
This article was edited by the National Bureau of Statistics, Zhitong Finance Editor: Jiang Yuanhua.