国家统计局： 工业生产较快增长，装备制造业和高技术制造业增势较好

Group 1 - In August, the national industrial added value above designated size increased by 5.2% year-on-year and 0.37% month-on-month [1] - By sector, the mining industry added value grew by 5.1%, manufacturing by 5.7%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas, and water by 2.4% [1] - The equipment manufacturing industry saw an 8.1% year-on-year increase, while high-tech manufacturing grew by 9.3%, outperforming the overall industrial added value by 2.9 and 4.1 percentage points respectively [1] Group 2 - By economic type, state-controlled enterprises' added value increased by 4.7%, joint-stock enterprises by 6.0%, foreign and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan-invested enterprises by 2.3%, and private enterprises by 4.6% [1] - In terms of products, the output of 3D printing equipment, new energy vehicles, and industrial robots increased by 40.4%, 22.7%, and 14.4% year-on-year respectively [1] Group 3 - From January to August, the national industrial added value above designated size increased by 6.2% year-on-year [1] - In August, the manufacturing purchasing managers' index was 49.4%, up 0.1 percentage points from the previous month, while the business activity expectation index rose to 53.7%, an increase of 1.1 percentage points [1] - From January to July, the total profit of national industrial enterprises amounted to 40,204 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.7% [1]