According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, as the optimization and upgrading of industrial industries are further promoted, the benefits of the equipment manufacturing industry continue to improve.

In January-April, the profits of the equipment manufacturing industry increased by 11.2% year-on-year, 4.8 percentage points faster than in January-March; it drove the profits of all industrial enterprises above designated size to increase by 3.6 percentage points, and the driving effect increased by 1.6 percentage points compared with January-March, and played a prominent leading role in the growth of industrial profits above designated size.

From the perspective of industry, among the 8 industries in the equipment manufacturing industry, 7 industries achieved double-digit profit growth, and 6 industries accelerated their growth rate compared with January-March. Among them, the profits of instrumentation, electrical machinery, general equipment, and electronics industries increased by 22.0%, 15.4%, 11.7%, and 11.6%, respectively, which were 6.7, 7.9, 2.2, and 8.4 percentage points faster than in January-March.

Among them, in January-April, the operating income of the instrumentation manufacturing industry was 310.39 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%, and the total profit was 25.58 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.0%.