A visitor interacts with a robot equipped with intelligent dexterous hands at the 2025 World AI Conference (WAIC) in East China's Shanghai, July 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
China's industrial sector posted solid year-on-year growth in 2025, the country's top industry regulator said on Wednesday, reinforcing experts' assessment that advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence-enabled industries and emerging sectors have strengthened the economic resilience underpinning last year's 5 percent GDP expansion.
"In 2025, the value added by major industrial enterprises grew 5.9 percent year-on-year, while the share of manufacturing value added in GDP remained stable, with the manufacturing sector expected to remain the largest globally for a 16th consecutive year," said Zhang Yunming, vice-minister of industry and information t
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