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China's industrial added value shot up 10.9 percent to 649.4 billion yuan in the first quarter of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.
The growth is 2.4 percentage points higher than that of the fourth quarter of 2001, the bureau said.
Public-owned enterprises registered the fastest growth of 12.7 percent, to be followed by overseas-funded enterprises' 10.5 percent, and state-owned or held enterprises' 8.7 percent.
Light industry recorded a growth of 11.3 percent, compared withheavy industry's 10.6 percent.
Departments with the strongest growth include electronics and telecommunications equipment, transportation equipment, electricaland machinery, chemical and metallurgy.
Export delivery by industrial enterprises surged 13.7 percent in the first three months to 376 billion yuan.
(Xinhua News Agency April 11, 2002)
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