
Hunan Hongwang annual production of 960,000 tons of high-grade silicon steel project under construction. Photo by Shen Yejun
Red Net Time Loudi October 8 (Correspondent Tan Xiaobin and Hu Weijuan) Recently, the author learned from the Loudi Municipal Bureau of Statistics that since this year, facing the complex and severe international environment and the frequent occurrence of domestic epidemics, the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have efficiently coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and made every effort to promote the implementation of a package of policies and continuation of policies and measures to stabilize the economy, and the city's industrial production has maintained a stable growth trend. In August, the city's industrial added value of increased by 3.4%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points from the previous month. From January to August, the city's industrial added value above the scale increased by 5.5% year-on-year.
From the statistical data, the growth is mainly reflected in: First, the growth of key industries such as automobile manufacturing has accelerated. In August, the city's automobile manufacturing, computer communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing industries grew rapidly, with growth of 39.4%, 48.3% and 24.9%, respectively, accelerating by 5, 35.5 and 8 percentage points respectively over the previous month, driving the city's large-scale industrial growth by 3 percentage points in total. Second, the electricity, heat production and supply industries have turned from negative to positive. Affected by the continuous high temperature, the city's electricity demand has increased significantly. In August, the added value of the city's electricity, heat production and supply industry increased by 3%, accelerating by 16 percentage points from the previous month. Third, the "Material Valley" is strongly driven. Since the beginning of this year, the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government will build "Material Valley" in the central region of as a concrete action for Loudi to implement the "three highs and four new" strategy, and strive to build a famous city in the intelligent manufacturing industry, with the scale effect of the industrial chain highlighting. From January to August, the added value of 10 emerging advantageous industrial chains in the city increased by 7.3%, 1.8 percentage points higher than the growth rate of large-scale industries. Among them, the added value of the two major industries of steel new materials and construction machinery increased by 11.8%, far higher than the growth rate of large-scale industries in the city.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Statistics, this transcript is hard-won. Affected by multiple factors such as insufficient market demand and power and production restrictions, the city's industrial production continues to be under pressure, but with the implementation of various policies and measures to benefit enterprises, the recovery and development trend is relatively good.