According to the Nanyang Municipal Bureau of Statistics, in the first quarter of this year the added value of industries above designated size in Nanyang increased by 24.6 percent year-on-year, ranking third in Henan province.

In terms of economic types, the value-added of joint-stock enterprises increased by 24.2 percent year-on-year, stimulating the growth of industries above designated size by 21.2 percent ; foreign, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-invested enterprises increased by 34.4 percent , stimulating growth of 1.6 percent ; non-public enterprises increased by 27.7 percent , stimulating growth of 18.8 percent.

In terms of the three categories, the value added of the mining industry increased by 10.2 percent year-on-year, accounting for 4.5 percent of the industries above designated size; the manufacturing industry increased by 25.1 percent, accounting for 84.6 percent; the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industries increased by 28 percent , accounting for 10.9 percent.

In terms of enterprise size, the value-added of large and medium-sized enterprises increased by 20 percent year-on-year, accounting for 67.3 percent of the above-scale industries; small and micro enterprises increased by 35.2 percent, accounting for 32.7 percent.

Nearly 90 percent of industries have achieved cumulative positive growth, as have 33 of the city's 37 major industries, with a growth rate of 89.2 percent, and 15 industries have achieved a growth rate of over 30 percent; the "two highs and one new" industries have achieved steady growth.

The added value of high-growth manufacturing industries increased by 30.7 percent year-on-year, the added value of high-tech industries increased by 29 percent year-on-year, and the value-added of strategic emerging industries increased year-on-year by 30.5 percent; the production and sales rate remained at a relatively high level, benefiting from the domestic environment and market demand.

The city's production-sales rate reached 96.7 percent, an increase of 0.8 percent over the same period; the equipment manufacturing industry added new impetus, and the added value of the equipment manufacturing industry increased by 49.2 percent year-on-year, which was twice the city's average growth rate.

Continuing the good momentum of rapid growth since the second half of last year, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry, non-metallic mineral product industry, and chemical raw material and chemical product manufacturing industry grew by 107.8 percent, 114.5 percent, and 394.3 percent respectively.