Beijing Reports Steady rise in Industrial Production

Home>>Business

Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, October 01, 2002

Beijing Reports Steady rise in Industrial Production

Beijing has witnessed steady growth in industrial production since the beginning of the year.

DISCUSSION

CHINESE

SEND TO FRIEND

Beijing has witnessed steady growth in industrial production since the beginning of the year.

The Chinese capital's industrial sector achieved 51.61 billion yuan (6.22 billion US dollars) in the first eight months of this year in added value, up 5.1 percent from the same period last year,said sources with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics.

According to the sources, from January to August, production injoint-stock and joint-stock-cum-cooperative businesses in Beijing kept rising, and the production in state-owned enterprises gained momentum in August.

However, production in overseas-financed businesses has been ona decline.

The city's industrial businesses delivered 18.54 billion yuan (2.23 billion US dollars) worth of commodities for export from January to August, up 1.1 percent from the same period last year.

Of the city's seven high-tech fields, there were mixed rises inoptics, machinery and electronics, technology of biological medicine, new materials and aerospace, but setbacks in production in electronics and information, new energy and businesses of environmental protection, said the sources.

Questions?Comments? Click here

Jiang Urges Army to Prepare for Military, Anti-Terror Struggles ( 34 Messages)

'Taiwan Independence': Greatest Threat to Taiwan Straits Peace ( 41 Messages)

China Continues to Absorb Foreign Investment ( 2 Messages)

China Becomes Biggest Market for English Learning ( 2 Messages)

US Urged to Stop Activities in Chinese EEZ ( 7 Messages)

Two Chinese Students Shot Dead When Robbing a Malaysian Bank ( 5 Messages)