Although many enterprises are affected by the financial storm, the gross output value of heavy machinery industry in 2008 still maintained a growth rate of more than 30%. At present, the order quantity of most enterprises has decreased by more than 20% compared with the same period last year, and the sales volume of heavy machinery industry is expected to increase by 20% ~ 25% in 2009. "Although many enterprises have been affected by the financial storm, the gross output value of heavy machinery industry in 2008 still maintained a growth rate of more than 30%." Xu Shanji, executive vice president of China Heavy Machinery Association, said in an interview recently. He also said that it is understood that the order quantity of most enterprises has decreased by more than 20% compared with the same period last year, and the production tasks of some enterprises have not been determined in the second half of the year. According to this situation, the sales volume of heavy machinery industry is expected to increase by 20% - 25% in 2009, slightly lower than last year.

Overall in good condition

According to the statistics of 3225 heavy machinery enterprises by China Heavy Machinery Industry Association, in 2008, the total industrial output value of heavy machinery industry increased by 32.28% year on year, and the industrial sales value increased by 33.05% year on year. Although the total production and sales value decreased by about 2 percentage points, the production and sales continued to grow at a high speed. According to the statistics of 2594 llurgical and mining machinery enterprises conducted by the association, the production and sales of the industry continued to maintain a high-speed growth of over 37%. The total output value reached 211.3 billion yuan, a new record, with a year-on-year growth of 38.78%; the total industrial sales value reached 2010 billion yuan, a new record, with a year-on-year growth of 37.84%, and the total production and sales value continued to maintain a rapid growth. According to the analysis of the association, the current international financial crisis has not had a great impact on the production and sales of the industry.

The output of llurgical special equipment (l smelting equipment + l rolling equipment) is 1.3663 million tons, an increase of 32.29% year-on-year; the output of mining equipment is 2.5108 million tons, an increase of 17.09% year-on-year, which reflects that the high-speed growth of the total output value of production and sales of the industry mainly depends on the adjustment of industrial structure of enterprises in the industry and the acceleration of cross industry product manufacturing.

The production and sales of material handling (lifting and transportation) machinery industry continue to maintain a 30% high-speed growth trend. The total industrial output value of the industry is 275.392 billion yuan, a new record, with a year-on-year growth of 27.67%; the industrial sales value is 270.614 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 29.67%; the year-on-year growth of the industrial sales value is about 3 percentage points lower than that of the previous month, but it continues to maintain a high-speed growth trend of over 27%. The impact of the international financial crisis on the growth of production and sales in this industry has begun to weaken.

The year-on-year growth rate of the production of lifting equipment, conveying machinery and forklift is lower than that of the total industrial output value of the industry, with an increase of 14.72%, 22.17% and 10.1% respectively, and the development speed of elevator and escalator and other sub industries is faster.

Proper adjustment is beneficial to the health of the industry

Xu Shanji believes that under the influence of the financial crisis, China First Heavy Machinery Group Co., Ltd., China Second Heavy Machinery Group Co., Ltd., Dalian heavy industry hoisting Group Co., Ltd., Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Group Co., Ltd., CITIC Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd., northern Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Heavy Machinery Factory Co., Ltd. were called“ The big eight heavy machinery enterprises began to adjust their industrial structure and carry out technological transformation earlier, which had little impact.

According to the analysis of Heavy Machinery Association, the production and sales of large and medium-sized enterprises, state-owned enterprises and state-owned holding enterprises are still in a relatively dominant position in the industry. There are 23 large-scale enterprises in llurgical and mining machinery industry, accounting for 1.44% of the total number of enterprises in the industry, 39.94% of the total industrial output value and 39.22% of the total industrial sales value; there are 95 state-owned enterprises, 5.96% of the total industrial output value, 39.13% of the total industrial output value and 38.23% of the total industrial sales value; there are 149 state-owned holding enterprises, 9.35% of the total industrial enterprises, 50.44% of the total industrial output value, but It accounts for 50.44% of the total industrial output value of the industry and 49.63% of the industrial sales output value. It is relatively dominant in the industry, but its proportion in the industry is in a downward trend.

The medium-sized enterprises are still "passable", while the smaller ones are not so good. Some of the small enterprises manufacturing gantry cranes are in the state of stop production and semi stop production, and some of the small enterprises producing belt conveyors are also very difficult to operate. As for the current decline in the industry, Xu Shanji said that this will be conducive to restructuring and integration of the industry, and it is beneficial to the development of the industry to eliminate some small enterprises with weak competitiveness.

According to the statistics of the association, the production and sales of medium-sized enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises and private holding enterprises in the lifting and transportation machinery industry are still in a relatively dominant position in the industry. There are 166 medium-sized enterprises, accounting for 10.38% of the total industry, 40.22% of the total industrial output value, and 40.3% of the industrial sales value, which have replaced the large-scale enterprises in the relatively dominant position in the industry. There are 253 foreign-funded enterprises, accounting for 15.82% of the total number of enterprises in the industry, but 42.29% of the total industrial output value, 34.95% of the industrial sales output value and 34.95% of the industrial sales output value. They are also relatively dominant in the industry, but their proportion in the industry is on the rise.

Steady export growth
此外，从2008年1~11月海关总署统计资料可见，冶金矿山机械产品出口额仍然大幅度增长，合计出口额24.93亿美元，进口额20.99亿美元，进出口顺差3.95亿美元，分别同比增长87.48%、5.51%和159.92%。 　　物料搬运（起重运输）机械产品出口额仍大幅增长，进出口顺差大幅度提高，出口额为98.82亿美元，进口额32.92亿美元，进出口总额131.76亿美元，进出口顺差65.8亿美元，分别同比增长40.93%、22.65%、42.79%和68.71%。In addition, from the statistics of the General Administration of customs from January to November 2008, it can be seen that the export volume of llurgical and mining machinery products still increased by a large margin, with a total export volume of 2.493 billion US dollars, import volume of 2.099 billion US dollars, and import and export surplus of 395 million US dollars, with a year-on-year growth of 87.48%, 5.51% and 159.92% respectively. The export volume of mechanical products for material handling (hoisting and transportation) still increased significantly, and the import and export surplus increased significantly. The export volume was US $9882 million, the import volume was US $3.292 billion, the total import and export volume was US $13.176 billion, and the import and export surplus was US $6.58 billion, up 40.93%, 22.65%, 42.79% and 68.71% year on year respectively.