China's electronic information manufacturing industry maintained rapid growth in the first four months of the year, with production and exports both posting steady gains, according to the data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Thursday.
From January to April, the value-added industrial output of major electronic information manufacturers rose 14 percent year on year, 8.4 percentage points higher than the overall industrial growth rate during the same period. Besides, the sector generated 5.88 trillion yuan (about 870 billion U.S. dollars) in operating revenue, marking a 15.7 percent increase compared with a year earlier.
Output of key products also expanded steadily, with smartphone production reaching 390 million units in the first four months, up 6.5 percent year on year.
In the same period, the sector's export delivery value increased 5.4 percent from a year earlier, 1.2 percentage points higher than the growth recorded in the first quarter.
In the January to April period, fixed-asset investment by major electronic information manufacturers rose 5.4 percent year on year, unchanged from the first-quarter pace and 2.9 percentage points higher than overall industrial investment growth.
China's electronic information manufacturing sector maintains rapid growth in first four months
Yemen's Houthi group said that it had carried out multiple attacks on Saudi and Saudi-led coalition targets, while the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a Houthi missile, and Yemeni government forces reported operations against the group on several fronts.
In a statement released early Thursday, the Houthis said they used a surface-to-air missile to hit a Saudi Typhoon fighter jet. The aircraft, they said, had taken off from Saudi Arabia's Taif Air Base and was hit over Yemen's Sa'adah Province. Saudi Arabia has not yet responded to the claim.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Houthis said they launched a large-scale attack using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones against oil facilities of energy giant Saudi Aramco in Dhahran in eastern Saudi Arabia, as well as King Khalid International Airport and a Saudi Aramco refinery in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
The Houthis said in a separate statement released Wednesday evening that the group had fired one more ballistic missile at King Khalid International Airport and launched three ballistic missiles at Saudi-led coalition targets in southern Yemen.
Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, said on Wednesday that they had intercepted and destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile fired toward Riyadh. Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Civil Defense said in a statement on Wednesday that fragments from the intercepted missile fell in Riyadh, injuring one person.
Meanwhile, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that late on Wednesday the Saudi-led coalition carried out an airstrike on a residential building in the Al Maravi'ah area of Hodeidah province, which is under Houthi control. Early on Thursday, al-Masirah also reported that Yemen's capital, Sanaa, had come under Saudi attack.
According to a Houthi statement issued on Wednesday evening, the Saudi-led coalition launched 42 airstrikes and missile attacks on Houthi-controlled areas in the previous 24 hours. The Houthis said that Saudi attacks on islands in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait directly threatened the safety of maritime shipping routes.
Separately, Yemeni government forces said on Wednesday that they continued to strike Houthi targets and personnel on the eastern and southern fronts.
Yemen has been mired in conflict since late 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa and much of northern Yemen, prompting a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in 2015 in support of the Yemeni government.
Houthis, Saudi-led coalition report fresh military actions against each other
