Value added of chemical raw materials and products increased by 3.9% in May

data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 15th showed that in May, the value added of industries above the scale grew by 4.4% in real terms year-on-year, up 0.5 percentage points from AprilOn a month-on-month perspective, the value added of industries above the scale increased by 1.53% in May from the previous monthin three main categories, the value added of the mining industry grew by 1.1% YoY in May, 0.8 percentage points faster than in April, manufacturing grew by 5.2% and accelerated by 0.2 percentage points, and the electricity, thermal, gas and water production and supply sectors grew by 3.6%, accelerating by 3.4 percentage pointssub-economic type, the value added of state-controlled enterprises increased by 2.1% yoY in May, the value added of joint-stock enterprises grew by 4.8%, foreign and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan investment enterprises grew by 3.4%, and private enterprises grew by 7.1%sub-sectors, in May, 30 of the 41 major industries saw a year-on-year increase in value addedAgricultural and sideline food processing industry decreased by 0.5% YoY, textile industry grew by 4.3%, chemical raw materials and chemicals manufacturing industry grew by 3.9%, non-metallic mineral products industry grew by 5.5%, ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grew by 6.1%, non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry grew by 4.0%, general equipment manufacturing industry grew 7.3%Special equipment manufacturing grew by 16.4%, automotive manufacturing by 12.2%, rail, ships, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing by 2.5%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing by 6.8%, computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing by 10.8%, and electricity, thermal production and supply by 4.0%regions, the value added in the eastern region increased by 4.9% YoY in May, the central region grew by 4.2%, the western region grew by 5.4% and the Northeast by 7.0%products, 344 out of 612 products increased year-on-year in MaySteel 11.453 million tons, up 6.2% YoY; cement 24.869 million tons, up 8.6%; 10 non-ferrous metals 4.98 million tons, up 4.1%; ethylene 1.68 million tons, down 2.7%; Automotive 21 52,000 vehicles, an increase of 19.0%, of which 85,000 new energy vehicles, down 22.0%, power generation capacity of 593.2 billion kWh, an increase of 4.3%, and crude oil processing volume of 57.9 million tons, an increase of 8.2%In May, the sales rate of industrial enterprises was 97.8%, the same as the same month a year earlier, while the value of industrial enterprises' export deliveries was RMB966.6 billion, down 1.4% year-on-year in nominal termsJanuary-May, the value added of industries above the scale decreased by 2.8% YoY