Development
In 2005, state-owned industrial enterprises and non-state enterprises with annual turnover exceeding five million yuan achieved industrial added value of 6,642.5 billion yuan and realized profits of 1,436.2 billion yuan, representing 16.4 percent and 22.6 percent year-on-year rise respectively, and revealing a gratifying simultaneous improvement in speed, quality and benefit. Since 1996, China has led the world in output of steel, coal, cement, farm-use chemical fertilizer and television sets.
Increase in Outputs of Major Industrial Products
Product
Unit
1978
1990
2000
2004
2005
Raw coal
100 million tons
6.18
10.80
12.99
19.92
21.90
Crude oil
10,000 tons
10,405
13,831
16,300
17,587
18,084
Power
100 million kwh
2,566
6,212
13,556
22,033
24,747
Crude Steel
10,000 tons
3,178
6,635
12,850
28,291
35,239
Cement
10,000 tons
6,524
20,971
59,700
96,682
106,400
Automobiles
10,000
14.91
51.40
207.00
509.10
507.49
Room air-conditioner
10,000
0.02
24.1
1,826.7
6,390.3
6,764.6
Color TV sets
10,000
0.38
1,033.04
3,936.00
7,431.80
8,283.20
Chemical fibers
10,000 tons
28.46
165.42
694.00
1,699.80
1,618.18
Yarn
10,000 tons
238.2
462.6
657.0
1,291.3
1,440.0
Cloth
100 million m
110.3
188.8
277.0
482.1
470.0
Processed Sugar
10,000 tons
227
582
700
1,034
903
Sulfuric acid
10,000 tons
661
1,197
2,427
3,929
4,529
Farm-use chem-ical fertilizers
10,000 tons
869.3
1,879.7
3,186.0
4,804.8
5,219.7
Ethylene
10,000 tons
38.0
157.2
470.0
629.9
755.5
Integrated circuits
100 million pieces
0.3
1.1
58.8
235.5
265.8
Program-controlled Switchboards
10,000 lines
--
--
7,136.0
7,625.2
7,720.9
Telephones
10,000
--
--
5,247.9
23,751.6
30,354.2
Micro-electronic computers
10,000
--
8.2
672.0
5,974.9
8,083.8 |