National Bureau of Statistics: Last year, the added value of the high-tech manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 9.4% year-on-year, reaching the highest level in three years

Wang Xin, Deputy Director of the Industrial Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics, stated that by 2025, the added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size is expected to grow by 9.4% year-on-year, an acceleration of 0.5 percentage points compared to the previous year, reaching the highest point since 2022, with a contribution rate of 26.1% to the overall industrial growth above designated size, an increase of 1.7 percentage points from the previous year. From an industry perspective, the added value of industries such as integrated circuit manufacturing, aircraft manufacturing, electronic special materials manufacturing, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing is expected to grow by 26.7%, 24.8%, 23.9%, and 12.1%, respectively. From a product perspective, the rapid development of "artificial intelligence +" is driving the output of storage chips and servers to grow by 22.8% and 12.6%, respectively; new economic growth points such as embodied intelligence and human-machine collaboration are facilitating rapid development in the robotics field, with the output of robot reducers, industrial robots, and service robots growing by 63.9%, 28%, and 16.1%, respectively.

By 2025, the added value of the digital product manufacturing industry above designated size is expected to grow by 9.3% year-on-year, an acceleration of 0.3 percentage points compared to the previous year, contributing 20.3% to the overall industrial growth above designated size, an increase of 1 percentage point from the previous year. From an industry perspective, the added value of electronic components and equipment manufacturing and smart device manufacturing is expected to grow by 12.6% and 11.2%, respectively. From a product perspective, the output of communication products such as mobile communication base station equipment and 5G smartphones is expected to grow by 13.5% and 12.5%, respectively; the output of intelligent production equipment products such as industrial control computers and systems, 3D printing equipment, and CNC metal cutting machine tools is expected to grow by 86.5%, 52.5%, and 13.7%, respectively.

By 2025, the added value of the equipment manufacturing industry above designated size is expected to grow by 9.2% year-on-year, an acceleration of 1.5 percentage points compared to the previous year; the added value accounts for 36.8% of the total industrial output above designated size, an increase of 2.2 percentage points from the previous year. All eight industries within the equipment manufacturing sector are expected to achieve growth, with the automotive and electronics industries experiencing rapid growth rates of 11.5% and 10.6%, respectively, contributing 12.4% and 18.1% to the overall industrial growth above designated size, ranking first and second among major industrial categories; the railway, shipbuilding, aerospace, and electrical machinery industries are expected to grow by 14% and 9.2%, with growth rates accelerating by 3.1 percentage points and 4.1 percentage points, respectively