Ordos' energy industry, new quality productive forces drive mutual growth

In recent years, Ordos has been committed to upgrading traditional industries and nurturing emerging sectors, constructing a modern industrial system to boost high-quality industrial economic development through the use of new quality productive forces.

From January to April, the added value of the city's energy industry above designated size increased 6 percent year-on-year, contributing to a 5.1 percentage points rise in the added value of industries above designated size.

The added value of the new energy power sector surged 54.4 percent. Production of coal, gas, and electricity grew in tandem, with raw coal production up 3.6 percent, natural gas production up 2.1 percent, and new energy power generation up a remarkable 61.9 percent.

During the same period, the added value of the city's equipment manufacturing industry soared 167.7 percent, accounting for 2.4 percent of the industrial added value above designated size, a year-on-year increase of 1.0 percentage point and 0.2 percentage points higher than the regional average.

This sector contributed 2.4 percentage points to the growth of the industrial added value above designated size.

Among these, the wind energy and photovoltaic equipment manufacturing industries grew four-fold year-on-year, with their added value accounting for 37.7 percent of the regional total, ranking second in the region.