OREANDA-NEWS. December 12, 2012. Anhui's industrial output rose 17.4 percent in November from a year earlier, strengthening from October's 16.9 percent, the provincial bureau of statistics said on Tuesday.

The province's industrial value-added output reached 68.5 billion yuan (USD 10.9 billion) in November, up 17.4 percent year-on-year. The figure was 0.5 percentage points and 7.3 percentage points higher than that of October and the national average, respectively. This marks the tenth consecutive month that Anhui has come first among the central China region's six provinces.

Between January and November, the province's industrial value-added output jumped by 16.2 percent year-on-year to 666.2 billion yuan, compared to the rise of 10 percent in the country's average. The figure enabled it to share the third place with west China's Guizhou province.

38 out of 40 industries grew in November, with the ferrous metal mining sector experiencing the highest rise of 69.8 percent in output from the same period last year.

Meanwhile, the province's industrial structure continued to be optimized. Six leading industries posted a year-on-year increase of 17.6 percent in value-added output, while the manufacturing sector's value-added output grew 18 percent from a year ago. Non-public industry expanded by 21.6 percent year-on-year, contributing 78.3 percent to the province's industrial growth. Small and medium enterprises(SMEs) registered an increase of 24.4 percent year-on-year in value-added output, compared to October's 21.7 percent and big businesses' 17.1 percent. 82.9 percent of the province's industrial growth was contributed by SMEs.

During the Jan-Oct period, Anhui's industrial enterprises reaped combined profits of 85.9 percent yuan, up 4 percent from the same period last year. 28 out of 39 sectors posted a rise in profits.