According to the website of the national bureau of statistics (NBS), industrial added value increased by 5.3% year-on-year in january-february, down 0.4 percentage points from December 2018. Excluding Spring Festival, growth was estimated at 6.1%. On a month-on-month basis, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 0.43 percent in February compared with the previous month.

In January and February, the value added of the mining industry increased by 0.3% year-on-year, 3.3 percentage points lower than that of December last year. Manufacturing grew 5.6 percent, 0.1 percentage point faster. The production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 6.8%, or 2.8 percentage points lower.

From January to February, the added value of 38 of the 41 major industries maintained year-on-year growth. 6.3% among them, the agricultural food processing industry, textile industry increased by 0.2%, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing growth 4.3%, non-metallic mineral products increased by 8.8%, 7.5% black metal smelting and rolling processing industry, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grows 9.3%, general equipment manufacturing growth 4.4%, special equipment manufacturing industry to grow 10.0%, a 5.3% drop in auto manufacturing, railway, shipbuilding, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing industry grows 7.9%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry growth of 8.0%, The manufacturing of computer, communication and other electronic equipment grew by 6.0 percent, and the production and supply of electricity and heat power increased by 6.1 percent.

From January to February, 351 out of 605 products showed year-on-year growth. Among them, 171.46 million tons of steel, a year-on-year growth of 10.7%; 21.181 million tons of cement, up 0.5%; The output of primary aluminum (electrolytic aluminum) was 5.69 million tons, up 5.0%. Ethylene 3.31 million tons, up 8.9%; 3.72 million automobiles, down 15.1%, including 1.458 million passenger cars, down 17.8%; 138,000 new-energy vehicles, up 53.3 percent; Electricity generation reached 1,098.2 billion KWH, up 2.9 percent; Crude oil processing capacity reached 102.49 million tons, up 6.1%. (from chalco)