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BEIJING -- China saw high-technology manufacturing companies surge from 2008 to 2013, asignal of progress
in economic structure adjustment, official data showed on Tuesday.
There were 26,894 large high-tech manufacturing companies by the end of last year, accountingfor 7.8 percent
of all large manufacturing companies, up 1.3 percentage points from 2008.
They realized a profit of 723.37 billion yuan ($118.23 billion) in 2013, up 165.5 percent from2008, according to
results of the third national economic census published by the NationalBureau of Statistics.
The profit growth was 11.5 percentage points higher than the average manufacturing industryrate.
A total of 12.94 million people were employed in the high-tech manufacturing sector at the end of2013, up 36.9 percent
from 2008, the census showed.
They account for 15.1 percent of all employees in the manufacturing sector, 2.9 percentagepoints higher than 2008.
Expenditure on research and development by high-tech manufacturing firms stood at 203.43billion yuan in 2013, rising
178.2 percent from 2008. The growth rate was 8.7 percentage pointshigher than the industry average.
Large high-tech manufacturing companies refer to those with annual revenue of 20 million yuan ormore from their main
business operations.
China's manufacturing industry is the largest in the world, and the country has been working toupgrade the traditional
industries, develop new and high-tech industries and raise productcompetitiveness.
----By Daitto Global Sourcing