In the first half of the year, investment in China's high-tech industry grew rapidly
CCTV News: In the first half of this year, China's high-tech industry investment maintained a rapid growth of over double digits, which not only drove the overall stable development of investment, but also helped accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the Chinese economy.
The latest data shows that in the first half of the year, investment in China's high-tech industry increased by 12.5% year-on-year, faster than the total investment by 8.7 percentage points, accounting for an increase of 0.7 percentage points in the proportion of total investment compared to the same period last year. Investment in high-tech manufacturing and high-tech service industries increased by 11.8% and 13.9% respectively.
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Since the beginning of this year, various regions have continuously introduced measures to support the development of high-tech industries. Guangdong is implementing the "big project" expansion and increment action, and this year, more than 5000 enterprises above designated size will be promoted to implement digital transformation. Henan focuses on intelligent sensors, 5G new materials and other fields, expands investment in high-tech industries and strategic emerging industries, and cultivates and drives a number of emerging industry clusters. Jiangxi is making every effort to strengthen and expand 12 key manufacturing industry chains, focusing on electronic information, new energy, modern medicine, etc., and creating 6 advanced manufacturing industry clusters.
Since the beginning of this year, the rapid development of new technologies and industries has opened up new investment opportunities for high-tech industries. In the first half of the year, the sales volume of new energy passenger vehicles exceeded 3 million units, and the production of lithium-ion power batteries and charging piles increased by 46.4% and 53.1% year-on-year, respectively. Driven by this, the automotive industry accelerated its transformation and upgrading, and investment in the automotive manufacturing industry, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 20% and 38.9% year-on-year, respectively. At the same time, in the first half of the year, the production of aerospace aluminum materials, industrial control computers, and systems increased by 23.3% and 34.1% respectively, driving the rapid growth of China's semiconductor related manufacturing industry. The sustained investment in high-tech industries is providing a continuous source of new momentum for high-quality economic development.
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