China's mechanical industry achieved rapid growth in 2025, with the value-added of industrial enterprises above the designated size in the sector increasing by 8.2 percent year-on-year.
All five major industrial categories of motor vehicle manufacturing, electrical machinery manufacturing, general equipment manufacturing, special equipment manufacturing and instrument manufacturing saw growth in the value-added output.
Notably, the motor vehicle manufacturing sector continued to play a leading role, registering a 11.5 percent growth rate in value-added output.
Of the 122 major mechanical products, 85 recorded year-on-year growth in output, up by 13 categories from 2024.
In 2025, China's mechanical industry saw rapid growth in foreign trade, with total value reaching a new record of 1.27 trillion U.S. dollars, up 8.4 percent year on year.
Experts said favorable conditions supporting the high-quality development of the mechanical industry are expected to accumulate further in 2026.
The mechanical industry is expected to maintain stable performance, achieving effective qualitative enhancement and rational quantitative growth.
"As policies aimed at stabilizing growth and promoting transformation take effect, the machinery industry is expected to maintain stable performance in 2026, with the growth rate of major indicators projected to be around 5.5 percent for the year," said Ye Dingda, vice president of China Machinery Industry Federation.
China's mechanical industry's added value increases by 8.2 pct in 2025
China's mechanical industry's added value increases by 8.2 pct in 2025
At least 21 more Palestinians, including children and a paramedic, were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, said the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for the Civil Defense, said that the Israeli army had been carrying out artillery and airstrikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip since dawn, targeting tents sheltering displaced people and residential buildings.
In the latest attack, an Israeli drone struck a tent housing displaced people in the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis, killing three, including two women and a paramedic, according to Basal.
"All the children were terrified and screaming because of the sound of the bombardment. My children ran toward me because of the explosions. I tried to calm them down, but smoke was everywhere around us," said Fatima Al-Astal, a displaced Palestinian woman living near the attacked tent.
"Paramedic Hussein was among the first ambulance crews to arrive at the scene. He managed to retrieve two bodies. Due to the large number of casualties, he was forced to return again to rescue the injured. At that moment, the area was targeted once more, which led to his killing," said Yassin Mutair, director of the Khan Younis Ambulance Center.
Basal added that 14 people, including three children and five women, were killed and several others were wounded in artillery shelling on the outskirts of the Zeitoun and Tuffah neighborhoods east of Gaza City. Some of the wounded were taken to Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
Earlier, four people, including a child, were killed in Israeli artillery shelling that targeted tents sheltering displaced people in the Qizan Rashwan area south of Khan Younis. The victims were taken to Nasser Medical Complex in the city.
Also on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that militants opened fire on its troops during routine operations near the northern Gaza border, severely injuring an Israeli reserve officer.
"Upon identifying the fire, IDF armored units and IAF aircraft conducted precise strikes in the area. The IDF views this attack as a blatant violation of the current ceasefire agreement," it said.
In response, Hamas dismissed the Israeli claim as a "flimsy pretext" to justify continued killings in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli escalation was "an attempt to impose a permanent reality of abuse and terrorism in Gaza," in flagrant disregard for the terms of the ceasefire agreement and existing understandings, Hamas said, calling for immediate international pressure to stop Israel's violations.
Since a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel came into effect on Oct. 10, 2025, Israel has killed 556 Palestinians and wounded 1,500 others, according to Gaza-based health authorities on Wednesday.
At least 21 more Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza Strip: civil defense
