The reporter learned from the China Machinery Industry Federation that the added value of the machinery industry above designated size will increase by 6.0% year-on-year in 2024, which is 0.2 percentage points higher than the national industry. The added value of the five major categories of the national economy mainly involved in the machinery industry has all achieved growth. The industrial scale has reached a new high. As of the end of 2024, the number of enterprises above designated size in the machinery industry was 132000, an increase of 11000 from the previous year, accounting for 25.8% of the national industry; The total assets reached 39.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%, accounting for 22.1% of the country's industrial sector. The production and sales situation is stable and improving. The overall production and sales situation of the machinery industry in 2024 is better than the previous year's level. Among the 122 major machinery products monitored, 72 have seen a year-on-year increase in output, accounting for 59%. Among them, automobile production and sales have reached a historic high, ranking first in the world for 16 consecutive years. The production of electrical appliances is steadily improving, with an annual output of 280 million kilowatts of generator sets, a year-on-year increase of 16.0%; The output of solar cells was 680 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 15.7%. Foreign trade has made steady progress. According to customs statistics, the total import and export volume of goods trade in the machinery industry exceeded 1 trillion US dollars for four consecutive years in 2024, reaching 1.17 trillion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%, accounting for 19% of the country's goods trade. Significant breakthroughs have been made in major equipment. The independently developed 300 MW F-class heavy-duty gas turbine has achieved milestone progress, the world's largest 26 MW offshore wind turbine with completely independent intellectual property rights has been offline, the world's largest 600 horsepower hybrid tractor has been successfully developed, and the world's largest single annual production of 1 million tons of propane dehydrogenation project has been put into operation... In 2024, the machinery industry actively promotes collaborative innovation and joint research and development, and a number of major technological equipment have achieved new breakthroughs. The relevant person in charge of the China Machinery Industry Federation stated that it is expected that the machinery industry will continue to maintain a stable development trend in 2025, with the growth rate of major economic indicators expected to be around 5.5%, and foreign trade will remain basically stable. (New Society)