Beijing: China's value-added industrial output, a key economic indicator and measure of productivity, expanded by 5.9 percent year on year in 2025, as announced by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) during a press conference in Beijing.

According to Emirates News Agency, China Central Television (CCTV) reported that Kang Yi, Head of the NBS, stated that industrial production demonstrated a positive growth trend, notably in the equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing sectors. The analysis by NBS focused on enterprises above the designated size, characterized as companies with annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan, approximately US$2.87 million.

Kang Yi highlighted that the value added by these enterprises increased by 5.9 percent compared to the previous year. The mining sector recorded a growth of 5.6 percent, manufacturing rose by 6.4 percent, while the production and supply of electricity, thermal power, gas, and water saw an increase of 2.3 percent. Equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing sectors experienced expansion rates of 9.2 percent and 9.4 percent respectively, surpassing the overall industrial growth rate.

Additionally, Kang noted that in December, the total value added by industrial enterprises above the designated size rose by 5.2 percent compared to the previous year and 0.49 percent from the previous month. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.1 in December, marking an increase of 0.9 percentage points from November, while the business activity expectation index reached 55.5, an increase of 2.4 percentage points.

During the first 11 months of 2025, nationwide industrial enterprises above the designated size reported a total profit of 6.63 trillion yuan, or about US$952 billion, reflecting a slight increase of 0.1 percent year on year.