9. Manufacturing industry

High-tech industries maintained fast expansion, with the output for high-tech manufacturing up 9 percent year-on-year in the first half, 3 percentage points faster than overall growth. The output of new energy vehicles and solar cells grew 34.6 percent and 20.1 percent, respectively.

It shows that under the complex and changed economic environment, the manufacturing industry has boosted transformation and upgrading, while middle- and high-end manufacturing, together with consumer goods manufacturing, are promoting economic growth, said Zhao Qinghe, a senior official of the National Bureau of Statistics.