China’s value-added industrial output expanded at a solid pace in the first half (H1) of 2026, with equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing posting strong growth, official data showed. The country’s value-added industrial output rose 5.4% year on year during the period, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. In June alone, industrial output grew 5.3% year on year, 0.8 percentage points higher than in May, NBS data showed.

The industrial output is used to measure the activity of large enterprises each with an annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about US$2.95 million).

A breakdown of the data showed that the manufacturing sector grew by 5.6% in the first half of this year and 6.0% in June alone. By product, in June, the production of 314 out of 626 kinds of products increased year-on-year. Among them, fabric output increased by 1.1% year-on-year in June to 2.7 billion meters and grew by 3.0% year-on-year from January to June to 14.5 billion meters. And the output of chemical fibers declined by 3.8% year-on-year in June to 6.94 million tons and increased 1.6% year-on-year to 42.05 million tons in the first half of 2026.

Source: CHINA TEXTILE LEADER Express