China has been the largest country for manufacturing industries for 11 consecutive years, contributing nearly 30 percent of the world's manufacturing industries, said CCID in late March in its latest white book on high quality development of manufacturing in 2021, evaluating the manufacturing development level of provincial-level areas in China based on six main indicators including scale, innovation and quality.
As per the white book, the general manufacturing development level of China improved from a score of 36.67 in 2015 to 39.38 in 2019 in China, and saw a significant rise in innovation, energy savings and firm capability.
Let's take a look at the top 10 provincial level regions of China by manufacturing development level.
No 10 Anhui
Score: 44.20
An employee performs grinding operations at a Magang facility in Maanshan, Anhui province, on March 5. [Photo by LUO JISHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
No 9 Hunan
Score: 44.93
Robots work at a Sany Heavy Industry plant in Changsha, Central China's Hunan province, on Feb 20, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 8 Hubei
Score: 45.03
A visitor takes photos of a set of demonstration models during the China 5G+ Industrial Internet Conference in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Nov 19, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 7 Fujian
Score: 46.52
The No 5 nuclear power unit in Fuqing, Fujian province, is the first to use the Hualong One, a domestically designed third-generation reactor. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 6 Shanghai
Score: 49.95
Visitors gather at Yangtze River Delta G60 S&T Innovation Valley's booth during a high-tech event in Shanghai in September. [Photo by YANG JIANZHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
No 5 Shandong
Score: 53.17
Employees work on the washing machine production line of Haier Group in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Feb 27. [Photo by Wang Peike/For China Daily]
No 4 Beijing
Score: 53.22
New energy vehicle models are tested at BAIC BJEV in Beijing on April 3. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 3 Zhejiang
Score: 61.80
A worker of Sonton Daily Necessities Co Ltd packages edible straws made of starch in Yiwu, Zhejiang province. [Photo/for China Daily]
No 2 Jiangsu
Score: 68.81
Workers manufacture electric products on a production line at a foreign-invested enterprise in Hai'an county of Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, on Nov 4, 2020. [Photo/IC]
