In June this year, the total industrial value-added output of China's large and medium-sized enterprises was up 8.9 percent year on year and increased by 0.68 percent month on month, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics. The year-on-year increase in June was down 0.3 percentage point compared to the year-on-year growth rate registered in May this year.
The total industrial value-added output of China's large and medium-sized enterprises in the first six months of the year was up 9.3 percent year on year.
In June, total output of finished steel in China amounted to 90.84 million mt, up 7.2 percent year on year, total automotive output in China amounted to 1.852 million units, up 13.5 percent year on year, while total output of passenger cars in China amounted to 1.037 million units, up 13.1 percent year on year.
In January-June, total outputs of crude steel, finished steel and coke in China were up 7.4 percent, 10.2 percent and 7.4 percent, all percent year on year. Meanwhile, total automotive output in China increased by 15.2 percent, while total output of passenger cars in China was up 16.1 percent, both year on year.
In the first half of the current year, total value of exports of large and medium-sized enterprises in China amounted to RMB 5.3426 trillion ($867 billion), up 4.8 percent year on year. In the January-May period, total gross profits of large and medium-sized enterprises in China amounted to RMB 2.0812 trillion ($338 billion), up 12.3 percent year on year.