CCTV News: Information released by the China Mechanical Industry Federation on February 14 shows that in 2024, many economic indicators of my country's machinery industry will achieve stable growth.

In 2024, my country's machinery industry will have good overall operational status with the implementation of the "two new" policies and a package of policy measures. Among them, the scale of the industry hit a new high. As of the end of 2024, the number of enterprises above the scale of the machinery industry was 132,000, an increase of 11,000 over the previous year. In addition, the added value has achieved steady growth.

In 2024, the added value of large-scale enterprises in the machinery industry increased by 6.0% year-on-year, 0.2 percentage points higher than the national industry. The added value of the five major national economic industries mainly involved in the machinery industry has achieved growth. In terms of production and sales, among the 122 major mechanical products that are focused on monitoring, the output of 72 products increased year-on-year.

There is steady progress in foreign trade. In 2024, the total import and export volume, export volume and trade surplus of my country's machinery industry all hit a record high. The total import and export volume of goods in the machinery industry exceeded US$1.17 trillion for the fourth consecutive year, reaching US$1.17 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%.

Luo Junjie, Executive Vice President of the China Mechanical Industry Federation, said that in 2025, favorable factors supporting the high-quality development of the machinery industry will continue to gather and increase. my country's machinery industry will continue to maintain a stable development trend and will continue to play the role of an important engine of the national economy. The growth rate of major economic indicators is expected to be around 5.5%, and foreign trade will continue to remain stable.

my country is accelerating the cultivation of new momentum in the machinery industry

Through the annual data of the machinery industry in 2024, the reporter noticed that my country is accelerating the cultivation of new momentum in the machinery industry, and the industry has many highlights of high-quality development and transformation and upgrading.

The reporter noticed that my country's machinery industry is actively promoting high-end, intelligent, green and integrated development. Among them, the construction of innovation system has been accelerating. In 2024, the machinery industry approved the construction of 33 industry innovation platforms, and a total of 290 industry innovation platforms have been listed and approved for construction.

The green and low-carbon transformation has achieved remarkable results, which is mainly reflected in: the production and sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first in the world for 10 consecutive years, the pace of green transformation of traditional industries has accelerated, and advanced green intelligent products have continued to be developed and applied. Among them, the electrification substitution trend of loaders, mixers, mining trucks, aerial working platforms and other products in construction machinery is strong.

In terms of new industry momentum, smart factories are emerging one after another. In 2024, more than 80 machinery companies were selected into the list of my country's first batch of outstanding smart factory projects. Intelligent manufacturing equipment is also developing rapidly. In 2024, the output of industrial robots increased by 14.2% year-on-year to 556,000 units, setting a new record.

Experts said that my country's machinery industry actively promotes collaborative innovation and conducts joint research, and a number of major technical equipment has achieved new breakthroughs. Not only that, my country's machinery industry's foreign trade has also made positive progress in the transformation of momentum and optimization of trade structure, among which the new pattern of diversified and progressive foreign trade market has been further consolidated.