Sun Xiao, chief statistician of the Department of Industry of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the industrial production data for August 2026: exports of industrial products continued to rise, and the export structure continued to be optimized. In August, large-scale industrial enterprises achieved export delivery value of 1.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.1%. The growth rate was 0.7 percentage points faster than the previous month, and the growth rate continued to rise. The supporting role of the equipment manufacturing industry is obvious. The export delivery value increased by 12.3%, contributing 81.5% to the increase in export delivery value of industries above all scales. Among them, the export delivery value of the electronics industry increased by 9.3%, contributing 32.8% to the increase in export delivery value of industries above the entire scale, ranking first in all major industries; the export delivery value of the automobile, railway, ship, aerospace, special equipment, and electrical machinery industries all achieved double-digit growth, with growth rates of 29.0%, 25.4%, 18.7%, and 11.6%, respectively.

Sun Xiao, chief statistician of the Department of Industry of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the industrial production data for August 2026: exports of industrial products continued to rise, and the export structure continued to be optimized. In August, large-scale industrial enterprises achieved export delivery value of 1.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.1%. The growth rate was 0.7 percentage points faster than the previous month, and the growth rate continued to rise. The supporting role of the equipment manufacturing industry is obvious. The export delivery value increased by 12.3%, contributing 81.5% to the increase in export delivery value of industries above all scales. Among them, the export delivery value of the electronics industry increased by 9.3%, contributing 32.8% to the increase in export delivery value of industries above the entire scale, ranking first in all major industries; the export delivery value of the automobile, railway, ship, aerospace, special equipment, and electrical machinery industries all achieved double-digit growth, with growth rates of 29.0%, 25.4%, 18.7%, and 11.6%, respectively.