Official data showed China's value-added industrial output rose 5.6 percent year on year in the first four months of 2026. Growth in April reached 4.1 percent from a year earlier.
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday showed the mining sector grew 5.5 percent, manufacturing rose 5.8 percent and the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply sectors increased 4.5 percent.
The figures cover large enterprises with annual main business turnover of at least 20 million yuan.
The bureau uses industrial output to measure activity at these firms.
