China's industrial value-added above designated size increased by 5.2% year-on-year in December.

In December 2025, the industrial added value above designated size increased by 5.2% year-on-year in real terms (all growth rates of added value are actual growth rates excluding price factors). On a month-on-month basis, in December, the industrial added value above designated size increased by 0.49% compared to the previous month. For the year 2025, the industrial added value above designated size increased by 5.9% compared to the previous year.

By major categories, in December, the value added of mining industry increased by 5.4% year-on-year, manufacturing grew by 5.7%, and electricity, heat, gas & water production and supply increased by 0.8%.

By economic type, in December, state-controlled enterprises saw the value added increase by 3.9% year-on-year; shareholding enterprises grew by 5.8%, enterprises with foreign (including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) investment grew by 2.7%; private enterprises grew by 4.2%.

By sector, in December, among 41 major industries, 33 maintained year-on-year growth in added value. Among these, coal mining and dressing increased by 6.4%, petroleum and natural gas extraction increased by 3.7%, agricultural and sideline food processing increased by 3.2%, liquor, beverage, and refined tea manufacturing decreased by 0.5%, textile industry grew by 3.7%, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing increased by 8.0%, non-metallic mineral products industry grew by 0.2%, ferrous metal smelting and rolling grew by 0.7%, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling grew by 4.8%, general equipment manufacturing grew by 7.5%, special equipment manufacturing grew by 8.2%, automobile manufacturing grew by 8.3%, railway, ship, aerospace and other transport equipment manufacturing grew by 9.2%, electrical machinery and apparatus manufacturing grew by 4.3%, computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing grew by 11.8%, and electricity and heat production and supply grew by 1.1%.

By product, in December, among 623 products produced by industrial enterprises above designated size, 325 saw year-on-year increases in output. Among these, steel was 115.31 million tons, down 3.8% year-on-year; cement was 144.16 million tons, down 6.6%; ten non-ferrous metals totaled 7.21 million tons, up 4.9%; ethylene was 3.56 million tons, up 3.0%; automobiles totaled 3.412 million units, down 2.8%, of which new energy vehicles totaled 1.791 million units, up 8.7%; power generation was 858.6 billion kWh, up 0.1%; crude oil processing was 62.46 million tons, up 5.0%.

In December, the product sales rate of industrial enterprises above designated size was 98.2%, down 0.7 percentage points year-on-year; the export delivery value realized by industrial enterprises above designated size was 1,493.2 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 3.2% year-on-year.

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