This photo taken on March 20, 2023 shows a workshop of GAC Motor in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. In recent years, south China's Guangdong Province has accelerated intelligent and digital transformation of manufacturing industry to promote high-quality development. Up to now, there are 67,000 industrial enterprises above the designated size and 69,000 high-tech enterprises in the province.(Photo: Xinhua)

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Monday held a new round of meetings with the country's major manufacturing enterprises, aiming to further boost the sector's high-quality development, the ministry said on Tuesday.

Jin Zhuanglong, minister of the MIIT, hosted the meeting, attended by representatives from the GAC Group, CATL, Trina Solar Co, Sany Group, Juhua Group and other seven enterprises spanning sectors including new-energy vehicles (NEVs), lithium batteries, photovoltaic products, biomedicine and new materials.

During the meeting, representatives discussed the businesses environment, exchanged views on the development of the manufacturing sector. Jin pledged that the MIIT will further improve communication with enterprises, and take more measures to improve business environment in order to promote investment and innovation.

Jin noted that the leading role of major manufacturing enterprises is to help bolster the country's overall economy, and encouraged them to further open-up to international market and enhancing innovation. 

China's official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) remained in contraction territory at 49.3 in July, up 0.3 percentage points from June, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on July 31, reflecting the growing resilience and vitality of China's industrial sector.

China foreign trade reached 3.46 trillion yuan ($475 billion) in July, down 8.3 percent year-on-year, while the trade volume from January to July this year hit 23.55 trillion yuan, up 0.4 percent year-on-year, data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed on August 8.

Notably, the exports of passenger NEVs, lithium batteries and solar panels jumped by 61.6 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2023, lifting overall export growth by 1.8 percentage points, the GAC said on July 13. 

Global Times