In the first three quarters, Xinjiang's industrial added value increased by 8% year-on-year.

China News Service, Urumqi, October 26 (Reporter Gou Jipeng) "In the first three quarters of 2026, the added value of industries above designated size in Xinjiang increased by 8% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2.7 percentage points higher than the national level." Wei Hong, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Xinjiang Bureau of Statistics, said in Urumqi on the 26th.

On the same day, the Information Office of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held a press conference to introduce the economic performance of Xinjiang in the first three quarters. Wei Hong said that in the first three quarters, Xinjiang's GDP was 1,643.063 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.2% at constant prices. Among them, the industrial growth momentum remains good, with the total industrial added value accounting for 33% of the regional GDP, driving economic growth by 2.3 percentage points; among the 40 industries above designated size, 28 industries achieved growth, with a growth area of ​​70%, and the growth area expanded by 2.5 percentage points compared with the first half of the year.

In the first three quarters, Xinjiang's water, wind and solar clean energy power generation by industrial enterprises above designated size was 176.197 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 27.3%, accounting for 38.2% of the power generation by industrial enterprises above designated size, an increase of 5.7 percentage points from the same period last year. Emerging industries such as new energy and new materials have accelerated their development. The added value of strategic emerging industries above designated size has increased by 14.7% year-on-year. The growth rate is 4.7 percentage points higher than the same period last year. The growth rate is 6.7 percentage points higher than that of industries above designated size.

In addition, Xinjiang, which is striving to build a national energy resources strategic support base, produced 388 million tons of industrial raw coal above designated size in the first three quarters, ranking 4th in the country; crude oil production was 25.7627 million tons, ranking 2nd in the country; and natural gas production was 31.457 billion cubic meters, ranking 2nd in the country.

Wei Hong said that in the next step, Xinjiang will continue to consolidate its industrial fundamentals, cultivate and strengthen new productive forces, deeply implement the "artificial intelligence +" action, promote the modernization of the industrial chain, and promote the high-quality development of the industrial economy.