China’s value-added industrial output rose 5.9 percent year on year in 2025, driven by strong performance in high-tech and equipment manufacturing sectors, official data showed on Monday.
In December 2025 alone, industrial output increased 5.2 percent compared with the same month in 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Industrial output figures reflect the activity of large enterprises with annual main business turnover of at least 20 million yuan (approximately 2.8 million U.S. dollars).
A sectoral breakdown showed that the mining industry’s value-added output grew 5.6 percent, while manufacturing increased 6.4 percent. Output in electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply rose 2.3 percent.
China’s equipment manufacturing industry expanded 9.2 percent in 2025, and high-tech manufacturing grew 9.4 percent, outperforming the overall industrial growth rate by 3.3 and 3.5 percentage points, respectively. Together, these two sectors accounted for 36.8 percent and 17.1 percent of the country’s total industrial output, NBS head Kang Yi said at a press briefing.
Kang highlighted rapid growth in emerging technology sectors, including the low-altitude economy, embodied intelligence, civil drones, and industrial robots. The value-added output of 3D printing equipment, industrial robots, and new energy vehicles rose 52.5 percent, 28 percent, and 25.1 percent, respectively, reflecting China’s push for technological innovation and modernization of manufacturing.