Gansu Province's equipment manufacturing industry has a strong growth momentum

In the first quarter, the downward pressure on the economic situation in Gansu Province increased, and it is worth noting that the province’s equipment manufacturing industry has completed an industrial added value of 3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.15%, which is higher than the average industrial growth rate of the province by 11.25 percentage points. Among them, the machinery industry completed an industrial added value of 2.62 billion yuan, an increase of 17.4% year-on-year; the electronics industry completed an industrial added value of 380 million yuan, an increase of 38.8%. Equipment manufacturing industry accounted for 7.0% of the province's industry, an increase of 1 percentage point year-on-year.

The reporter learned from the Provincial Industry and Information Technology Commission that the operation of key enterprises in our province has been stable and good. With the completion of industrial upgrading and technological transformation projects, the production capacity of enterprises has been gradually released, and some key and key enterprises have experienced steady growth. Tianshui Huatian Electronics Group achieved an industrial added value of 240 million yuan in the first quarter, an increase of 22.51% over the same period of last year, completed an industrial output value of 770 million yuan, an increase of 11.68%; Lanshi Group's output value, operating income and new orders increased by 122.57%, 107.02 % and 45.82%. The production capacity of new energy equipment manufacturing enterprises will gradually be released. Gansu Goldwind Wind Power Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. plans to produce 591 units in 2014, with a utilization rate of 98.5%.

Gansu Air China Huiteng Wind Power Equipment Co., Ltd. plans to produce 572 sets in 2014 with a capacity utilization rate of 57.2%. It is expected that this year's new energy equipment manufacturing industry will continue to be the growth pole of the province's equipment manufacturing industry. At the same time, the reduction in the price of raw materials will benefit some of the equipment companies. In the first quarter, the prices of nickel, copper, steel, and aluminum raw materials in the national market fell sharply year-on-year, which reduced the production costs of enterprises and eased the constraints on production factors such as insufficient liquidity.

In the first quarter, the province’s electronics industry grew by 38.8%, machinery industry grew by 17.4%, and won the top two of the industry growth rate, which was higher than the average industrial growth rate of the province by 29.9 and 8.5 percentage points respectively. In particular, the province’s electronics industry completed an increase of 92.3% in industrial value added in February, and completed a total of 220 million yuan, an increase of 46.7% year-on-year. However, the enterprises above designated size suffered a large loss, the phenomenon of high-yield and low-efficiency still existed, and downward pressure on the industry remained.