The manufacturing industry continues to face a shortage of workers, with profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increasing by 8.5% year-on-year in the first quarter. The comprehensive construction of the Chengdu Chongqing national hub node, known as "East Data West Calculation", has been launched
The latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on April 27th shows that in the first quarter, industrial enterprises above designated size in China achieved a total profit of 1.95557 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%, continuing to maintain a steady growth trend.
In the first quarter, the mining industry's profits increased by 1.48 times year-on-year, continuing the high growth trend since last year and effectively driving the profit growth of industrial enterprises. In the first quarter, the profit of high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 3.8% year-on-year, which has improved compared to January and February.
With the continuous effectiveness of tax reduction and fee reduction policies, as well as assistance to enterprises, the expenses per 100 yuan of operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size in the first quarter decreased by 0.54 yuan year-on-year, a decrease of 0.18 yuan from January to February. The profit margin of the enterprise's operating revenue was 6.25%, an increase of 0.28 percentage points from January to February.
The comprehensive construction of the Chengdu Chongqing national hub node of "East Calculation and West Calculation" has been launched
On April 27th, the comprehensive construction of the Chengdu Chongqing national hub node of the national integrated computing power network was launched. The project includes two parts: the Chongqing data center cluster and the Tianfu data center cluster. After completion, it will actively undertake the computing power demand in eastern regions such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area.
Continuous shortage of labor in the manufacturing industry
On April 27th, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released the ranking of the top 100 occupations in China with job vacancies exceeding the "most in demand" for the first quarter of 2022. The top ten professions in the ranking are marketers, restaurant servers, commodity salespersons, car drivers, security guards, customer service administrators, couriers, cleaners, home service workers, and packers. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2021, the demand for recruitment has rebounded slowly, the manufacturing industry continues to face a shortage of workers, and the demand for the electronic information industry has rebounded significantly. New job positions such as "communication engineering and technical personnel", "semiconductor discrete device and integrated circuit assembly and debugging personnel", "computer hardware engineering and technical personnel", and "computer network engineering and technical personnel" have been ranked, and the degree of job shortage has increased.
Operation of Building Materials Industry from January to March 2022
1、 Production has slightly rebounded, while cement production has significantly decreased
In the first quarter, the added value of the building materials industry increased by 1.6% year-on-year, and in March, the added value increased by 2.1% year-on-year. The cement production in the first quarter was 387 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 12.1%. In March, the cement production was 187 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.6%; The production of flat glass was 253 million weight boxes, a year-on-year increase of 2%. In March, the production of flat glass was 87.22 million weight boxes, a year-on-year increase of 2.2%.
2、 The overall price has risen, and the prosperity index has rebounded
According to data from the China Building Materials Federation, the average ex factory price of building materials and non-metallic mineral industrial products in the first quarter increased by 8.2% year-on-year, including a 21.3% increase in the average ex factory price of cement and a 2.5% increase in the average ex factory price of flat glass. The Building Materials Industry Prosperity Index (MPI) for January and February were 72.8 and 76.5, respectively. In March, it quickly rebounded to 132.9, entering a prosperous period.
3、 Investment continues to recover, exports increase year-on-year
In the first quarter, the fixed investment in the building materials industry kept growing, of which the fixed assets investment in the non-metallic mining and beneficiation industry increased by 27.3% year on year, and the fixed assets investment in the non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 17.3% year on year. The export value of building materials and non-metallic mineral commodities was 9.22 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%.
Notice on Doing a Good Job in Industrial Quality Improvement and Brand Building in 2022
The General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently issued a notice deploying nine key tasks, including promoting the upgrading of enterprise quality management systems, implementing digital actions for manufacturing quality management, deepening the use of advanced quality management tools and methods in enterprises, improving the reliability level of manufacturing products, enhancing the quality control capabilities of key manufacturing processes, improving the efficiency of quality public services, promoting the quality improvement of key industries, accelerating the cultivation of industrial brands, and continuously enhancing the brand image of "Made in China".
To ensure the implementation of tasks, the notice requires all relevant units to strengthen organizational planning, increase resource investment, promote work publicity, strengthen organizational implementation, achieve the improvement of digital level of manufacturing quality management and key process quality control capabilities, promote the upgrading of manufacturing quality management and product reliability "foundation" and "doubling", promote "Made in China" to move towards quality excellence and outstanding brand, and lay a solid foundation for implementing the strategy of building a strong manufacturing country and a strong quality country.
In the first quarter, Shanghai's sales of new energy passenger vehicles maintained a high proportion of 47%
乘联会4月26日消息，尽管开年后受原材料涨价、芯片供应不足、地缘政治不稳、新能源车补贴退坡、疫情频发等影响，新能源车产品的终端价格甚至普遍上涨了5000-10000元之间，2022年一季度，上海新能源乘用车销量仍有5.8万辆，新能源车占比保持47%，达到新车市场的近半壁江山。
全球可再生能源新增装机累计超3000GW
国际可再生能源机构(IRENA)最近发布的《2022年可再生能源容量统计报告》显示，2021年的可再生能源发电量达到257GW，比去年增长了9.1%，使全球可再生能源累计发电量达到3TW，即3064GW。其中，水电份额最高，装机容量为1230GW。但全球太阳能发电也毫不示弱，在这一年里装机猛增19%，创下了133GW的装机容量记录。
全球风电装机容量增长了13%，2021年为93GW。总体而言，太阳能和风能在2021年新增可再生能源总量中的占比达到88%。
第131届广交会闭幕
4月24日，第131届中国进出口商品交易会闭幕。10天会期内，有超2.55万家境内外企业参展，通过云端上传展品超300万件，其中新产品超95万件，参展品与新品数量均创历史新高。
Information source: CCTV website
