In 2025, the added value of China's large-scale light industry increased by 5.3% year-on-year.

On the 3rd, it was learned from the China Light Industry Council that in 2025, the overall economic performance of China's light industry remained stable. Among them, the value-added output of large-scale light industrial enterprises increased by 5.3% year-on-year; with 13% of the national industrial assets, the light industry achieved 16.5% of the national industrial operating revenue and 18.8% of the profits.

Data shows that in 2025, the value-added output of the moped, battery, and plastic furniture manufacturing industries grew by over 20%, while the agricultural and sideline food processing industry and the food manufacturing industry increased by 5.6% and 5.3% year-on-year, respectively. Among the 90 major light industrial products tracked by the National Bureau of Statistics, 35 products saw an increase in output, with electric bicycle production up 21.6% year-on-year and solar cell production up 7.6% year-on-year.

As a series of policies to expand domestic demand and promote consumption took effect synergistically, domestic consumer demand continued to be unleashed. In 2025, the retail sales of 11 categories of light industrial goods reached 8.6719 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. Among them, retail sales of household appliances and audio-visual equipment increased by 11% year-on-year, furniture retail sales grew by 14.6% year-on-year, and retail sales of cultural and office supplies rose by 17.3% year-on-year.

In terms of exports, among the 22 major export categories of the light industry, 11 industries saw a year-on-year increase in export value. Among them, exports of batteries and battery parts reached $84.73 billion, up 22.3% year-on-year; daily chemical product exports amounted to $18.07 billion, up 10.9% year-on-year; and light industrial machinery exports totaled $12.69 billion, up 11.6% year-on-year.

Zhang Chonghe, President of the China Light Industry Council, stated that in 2026, as a series of policies to stabilize the economy, expand domestic demand, and promote consumption are further implemented, the advantages of China's light industry—resilience, stable development, and great potential—will continue to be demonstrated. It is expected that the economic performance of the light industry will show overall stability with industry differentiation, maintaining a medium-speed growth trend.