The 2024 Equipment Manufacturing Industry Development Conference is being held in chongqing. At the conference, relevant officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stated that since the beginning of this year, the scale of China's equipment manufacturing industry has continued to expand, achieving significant results. According to statistics, in the first 10 months of this year, the added value of China's equipment manufacturing industry accounted for 34% of the added value of industrial enterprises above a designated size, maintaining over 30% for 20 consecutive months, with a contribution rate to industrial growth of 42.7%. Since the beginning of this year, innovative results in sse high-end equipment manufacturing 60 index have emerged in succession, with a number of major equipment products achieving application. At the same time, the level of intelligent manufacturing and green manufacturing has significantly improved. Xin Guobin stated that the next step for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will be to plan a new round of stable growth policies for the equipment manufacturing industry, deeply implement large-scale equipment updates and the replacement of old consumer goods, and actively cultivate new growth engines such as asia vets connected new energy vehicles and low-altitude equipment. Additionally, it will deepen international communication and cooperation, encouraging capable enterprises to deeply participate in global industrial division of labor and cooperation, and jointly promote the high-quality development of the equipment manufacturing industry. (CCTV News)