According to the China rare Earth Industry Association, the output of major rare earth functional materials maintained steady growth in the first half of the year. In terms of rare earth magnetic materials, the output of sintered NdFeB blank was 116000 tons, an increase of 15% over the same period last year; the output of bonded NdFeB was 4490 tons, an increase of 2% over the same period last year; and the output of samarium cobalt magnets was 1490 tons, an increase of 14.6% over the same period last year. In terms of rare earth catalytic materials, the output of petroleum catalytic cracking catalysts was 109000 tons (excluding foreign-funded enterprises), down 4.4% from the same period last year; and the output of motor vehicle exhaust purifiers was 9.75 million liters (excluding foreign-funded enterprises), an increase of 36.4% over the same period last year. For rare earth luminescent materials, the output of LED phosphors was 289.5 tons, down 14.9 percent from the same period last year; the output of tricolor phosphors was 360tons, down 13.9 percent from the same period last year; and the output of long afterglow phosphors was 120.5 tons, down 5.9 percent from the same period last year. The output of rare earth hydrogen storage materials was 4398 tons, down 13.4% from the same period last year. The output of rare earth polishing materials was 16000 tons, down 8.4% from the same period last year.