In the first half of 2026, the national cement output was 736 million tons, down 8% year-on-year.

the National Bureau of Statistics show that in June, industrial added value above scale increased by 5.3% year-on-year (the growth rate of added value is the real growth rate after deducting price factors), which is 0.8 percentage points faster than last month. On a month-on-month basis, in June, the industrial added value above the scale increased by 0.76% over the previous month. From January to June, the added value of industries above scale increased by 5.4% year on year.

The national output of cement industry in June was 144.23 million tons, with a year-on-year decrease of 5.6%; the national output of cement from January to June was 735.85 million tons, with a year-on-year decrease of 8.0%.