China's emerging industries see rapid sales growth in first 11 months

Sales revenue in the high-tech industry grew by 14.7 percent year on year in the first 11 months, according to data released by the State Taxation Administration on Monday.

Among them, sales revenue in high-tech services increased by 17.2 percent year on year, while sales revenue in high-tech manufacturing rose by 11.1 percent. In manufacturing sectors such as integrated circuits and industrial machine tools, sales revenue grew by 19.3 percent and 11 percent year on year, respectively.

"From January to November, sales revenue in core industries of the digital economy rose by 10 percent year on year, while the firms' purchases of digital technology increased by 10.2 percent year on year. Sales revenue from digital product services and digital technology applications rose by 9.8 percent and 14.3 percent, respectively, showing the advancing progress of digital industrialization and industrial digitalization. Meanwhile, sales revenue in the data resources and intellectual property trading industry increased by 11.1 percent year on year, indicating accelerated progress in the marketization of data," said Cai Zili, deputy director of the State Taxation Administration at a press conference.

Cai said that China has deepened its efforts to upgrade traditional industries and accelerate the adoption of smart manufacturing equipment. In the first 11 months, the firms' purchases of digitized equipment by traditional industries rose by 7.6 percent, while purchases of automation equipment rose by 9.3 percent. Production practices in traditional industries have become more environmentally friendly, Cai added.

"From January to November, firms' purchases of energy-saving and environmental protection technologies in traditional industries increased by 33.2 percent year on year. This reflects the sustained intensification of technological upgrades for energy savings and carbon reduction in traditional industries, which will promote cleaner, low-carbon production practices while enhancing resource utilization efficiency," said Cai.

China's emerging industries see rapid sales growth in first 11 months

The U.S. military has conducted more than 60 lethal air strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats since Sept. 2025, killing 202 people, according to U.S. media.

The U.S. Southern Command stated in a social media post on Sunday that the U.S. military struck an alleged narco-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Saturday, killing three people aboard.

Since early September, the U.S. military has conducted dozens of lethal air strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific.

However, the government has not released any evidence to prove that its targets were involved in drug trafficking.

Numerous legal experts pointed out that such military operations are illegal.

Experts also stated that there is no evidence that the U.S. military's actions help reduce the amount of cocaine flowing into the United States from South America.

Death toll from US strikes on suspected drug boats exceeds 200