State-owned industrial and non-governmental enterprises with annual sales exceeding five million yuan (US$620,000) recorded a total of 256.8 billion yuan (US$32.1 billion), up 12.8 percent compared with the corresponding period last year.

Electronic and communication products and cars saw the main production increases. Optical-communication equipment, telephones and fax machines increased 76.7 percent. Color televisions increased 70.3 percent.

The production of cars reached 247,000 in July, up 46.4 percent compared with July last year, with sedans and trucks rising by 73.8 percent and 70.9 percent.

Industrial exports increased rapidly in July, with exports of electronic and communication products rising by 45.3 percent.

(Xinhua News Agency August 10, 2002)