Industrial production has maintained stable growth, with rapid increases in equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing industries.

In November, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in the country increased by 4.8% year-on-year and 0.44% month-on-month. Looking at three major categories, the added value of mining industry increased by 6.3% year-on-year, manufacturing industry increased by 4.6%, and electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industry increased by 4.3%. The added value of equipment manufacturing industry increased by 7.7% year-on-year, and the added value of high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 8.4%, both faster than the overall added value of industrial enterprises above designated size by 2.9 and 3.6 percentage points respectively. In terms of economic type, the added value of state-controlled enterprises increased by 4.2% year-on-year; the added value of shareholding enterprises increased by 5.2%, foreign and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan investment enterprises increased by 3.4%; private enterprises increased by 3.2%. In terms of products, the production of 3D printing equipment, industrial robots, and new energy vehicles increased by 100.5%, 20.6%, and 17.0% year-on-year respectively. From January to November, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in the country increased by 6.0% year-on-year. In November, the purchasing managers' index of manufacturing industry was 49.2%, a 0.2 percentage point increase from the previous month; the index of enterprises' production and operation activities expectations was 53.1%, a 0.3 percentage point increase. From January to October, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in the country reached 5.95 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.9% year-on-year.