National Bureau of Statistics: The year-on-year growth rate of integrated circuit added value in the first quarter exceeded 60%

According to Jiwei.com, on April 16, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the operation of the national economy in the first quarter of 2021.

According to Liu Aihua, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the Department of Comprehensive Statistics of the National Economy, in the first quarter, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 24.5% year-on-year and 2.01% month-on-month, and the average growth rate over the past two years was 6.8%. Among them, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in March increased by 14.1% year-on-year and 0.60% month-on-month. In terms of economic types, the added value of state-controlled enterprises increased by 16.9% year-on-year in the first quarter; joint-stock enterprises increased by 23.7% year-on-year; foreign-invested enterprises and enterprises from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan increased by 29.2% year-on-year; private enterprises increased by 29.7% year-on-year.

In terms of the three major categories, the added value of mining industry increased by 10.1% year-on-year, and the average growth rate over the past two years was 4.0%; the manufacturing industry increased by 27.3% year-on-year, and the average growth rate over the past two years was 6.9%; the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 15.9% year-on-year, and the average growth rate over the past two years was 4.8%. The added value of equipment manufacturing industry and high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 39.9% and 31.2% year-on-year, respectively, and the average growth rate over the past two years was 9.7% and 12.3%, respectively.

In terms of product output, new energy vehicles, industrial robots, excavation and earthmoving machinery, microcomputer equipment, and integrated circuits all grew by more than 60% year-on-year, and the average growth rate in the past two years exceeded 19%. In March, China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index was 51.9%, which was above the critical point for 13 consecutive months; the enterprise production and operation activity expectation index was 58.5%.