According to Yichang Economic and Information Technology Commission, the total output value of industrial enterprises from January to August attained 308.431 billion RMB and the industrial added value rose 11.2% year on year. Its growth rate is 0.3% higher than that of the province and 2.7% higher than that of the country. Industrial economic development goes smooth in general. With the growth rate, it ranks first in the province.
　　Among eight pillar industries, the growth rate of food bio-pharmaceutical industry ranked first, with an industrial output value of 90.561 billion RMB, up 21.5% year on year; new materials industry had an industrial output value of 34.96 billion RMB, up 14.8% year on year; fine chemical industry had an industrial output value of 97.839 billion RMB, up 13.6% year on year; advanced equipment manufacturing had an industrial output value of 42.553 billion RMB, up 5.9% year on year. Fine chemicals, food biomedicine, advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials industries play a leading role with a total industrial output value of 238.607 billion RMB, accounting for 77.36 % in the city\'s industries, up 15.1% year on year.
　　From the perspective of structure, middle and small-sized enterprises grow faster. The city has 1382 industrial enterprises, 158 more than that of last year. 563 had an output value of over 100 million RMB, up 85 year on year. 4 had an output value of over 10 billion RMB, 5 over 5 billion and 31 over 1 billion. Among 39 major industries, 32 keep the added values increasing and 9 rose by more than 20%.
　　From the perspective of region, the county industries take the lead in the city. 9 counties and county-level cities accept economic assessment. Their industrial added values achieve a double-digit growth. The industrial output values of Yidu City, Yiling District, Zhijiang City and Dangyang City in the east account for 64.8% of the total. The growth rates of the added values are all higher than the average. These industries make a significant contribution to smooth and fast industrial growth in the city. (Reporter: Long Yizhou)