On April 24, Guangdong Provincial Department of industry and information technology held a press conference on the operation of the first quarter. In the first quarter, the province's industrial production remained stable, industrial investment increased rapidly, and the industrial economy showed a steady and positive trend. In the first quarter, the added value of industries above Designated Size in Guangdong Province increased by 5.8% year-on-year. The growth rate of added value of industries above designated size was 2.5 percentage points higher than that of GDP, and the contribution rate to GDP growth reached 53.7%, 12.2 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year (41.5%). Among them, the growth of industrial investment is strong and the trend of industrial upgrading is obvious. In the first quarter, the province's industrial investment increased by 34.8%, especially in high-tech industry and advanced manufacturing industry, with investment growth of 54.1% and 43.1% respectively. Strong growth in industrial investment Strategic industrial clusters play an obvious supporting role Industrial investment grew strongly and has great potential. In the first quarter, the province's industrial investment increased by 34.8%, 28.6 percentage points higher than the growth rate of fixed asset investment (6.2%); Industrial investment accounted for 26% of fixed asset investment, 5.6 percentage points higher than the same period last year. It is worth noting that investment in high-tech industries increased by 54.1% and investment in advanced manufacturing increased by 43.1%. Compared with the whole country, the growth rate of industrial investment in Guangdong Province is 18.5 percentage points higher than that in the whole country (16.3%). Among them, 20 strategic industrial clusters have become an important support for the steady economic growth of the whole province. In the first quarter, the added value of 20 strategic industrial clusters in the province increased by 5.9% year-on-year, accounting for 38.1% of GDP. The 20 strategic industrial clusters are "stable" and "progressive". The top ten strategic pillar industrial clusters increased by 5.2% year-on-year, including smart home appliance industry cluster (5.9%), automobile industry cluster (24.2%), biomedicine and health industry cluster (15.2%). At the same time, the top ten strategic emerging industrial clusters increased by 12.6% year-on-year, including semiconductor and integrated circuit industry cluster (26.6%), high-end equipment manufacturing industry cluster (10.5%) and cutting-edge new material industry cluster (35.2%). On the other hand, large enterprises drive small and medium-sized enterprises to integrate into the supply chain, and the effect of innovation chain is obvious, which promotes the accelerated development of strategic industrial clusters. "Through specialized division of labor and resource allocation, large backbone enterprises can effectively drive and attract enterprises with strong relevance to gather." Zou Yongbing, director of the planning and industrial policy department of the Provincial Department of industry and information technology, said that with large backbone enterprises as the center, Guangdong has formed an industrial chain coordination mechanism of stabilizing the chain, reinforcing the chain, extending the chain and controlling the chain, so as to jointly promote the high-quality development of the industry. Zou Yongbing said that next, we will accelerate the cultivation and formation of a world-class enterprise group led by "chain owner" enterprises, tackling the difficulties of individual champions and building the foundation of "specialized and special new" enterprises, build a perfect industrial ecology of financing, innovation and development of large and medium-sized enterprises, and provide basic support for Guangdong Province to build a world-class industrial cluster. New kinetic energy maintained rapid development The industrial economy of all cities is stable as a whole The province's advanced manufacturing industry has a good growth momentum and plays a supporting role. The absolute value of the province's advanced manufacturing industry increased by 54.5%, accounting for 54.5% of the province's total value. Among them, the added value of automotive, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, electrical and mechanical industries increased by 24.2%, 6.1%, 16.4% and 4.6% respectively. The output of industrial products with high technical content and high added value maintained rapid growth. In the first quarter, the output of new energy vehicles increased by 189.6% year-on-year, accounting for 16.2% of the national output; The output of industrial robots increased by 4.1% year-on-year, accounting for 32.5% of the country. Digital empowerment promotes the rapid development of the new economy. In the first quarter, the added value of industries above the designated size of the electronic information industry was 2017.48 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%; The software business revenue was 378.51 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%, of which the information technology service revenue increased by 10.2% year-on-year. At the same time, the digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises accelerated. By the end of March, it had promoted the digital transformation of more than 21000 above designated industrial enterprises, driving 625000 small and medium-sized enterprises to "use the cloud online". 170000 5g base stations have been built in the province, accounting for about one eighth of the country. The number of 5g base stations, users and optical fiber users rank first in the country. From a regional perspective, the industry is stable and good. The growth rate of "one nuclear power plant" is higher than that of "one belt and one zone", which supports the industrial economy of the whole province. In the first quarter, the added value of industries above Designated Size in the core area of the Pearl River Delta increased by 5.9%; The eastern wing of the coastal economic belt increased by 4.7%; The western wing of the coastal economic belt increased by 5.2%; The northern ecological development zone increased by 5%. By region and city, 21 cities above prefecture level have achieved positive growth in industrial added value above Designated Size, with Heyuan (14.5%), Shanwei (13.2%) and Huizhou (11.8%) ranking among the top three. Under the great pressure of epidemic prevention and control, Shenzhen and Dongguan still achieved positive growth of industrial added value above Designated Size in the first quarter. Wu Hong, deputy director of the Provincial Department of industry and information technology, said that next, the Provincial Department of industry and information technology will do a good job in epidemic prevention and control, industrial economic development and safety production, take effective measures to stabilize growth, consolidate the momentum of stabilization and recovery of industrial production, and provide strong support for the economic and social development of the province. (Xinhua News Agency)