Doha: China's equipment manufacturing sector became a major driver of export growth in the first half of 2026, with export delivery value of the equipment industry rising 18.2% year on year and contributing nearly 50% of the growth in industrial exports, official data showed.
According to Qatar News Agency, in the first half of 2026, the country's exports of wind turbine generators and lithium batteries increased 35.6% and 37.6% year on year, respectively, while automobile exports reached 5.096 million units, up 65.3% from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
China's shipbuilding sector also continued to strengthen its global competitiveness, with domestically built vessels accounting for more than 90% of the country's total completed ships, new orders, and existing order backlog.
Meanwhile, new quality productive forces continued to expand, with output of industrial robots and service robots increasing 28% and 11.9% year on year, respectively.
Earlier data showed China's value-added industrial output expanded at a solid pace in the first half of 2026, with equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing posting strong growth.