The added value of industrial enterprises above a designated scale – those with annual revenue of more than 20 million yuan ($3.15 million) of Lishui city in East China's Zhejiang province hit 36.42 billion yuan in 2021, up 15 percent year-on-year. The growth rate was 2.1 percentage points higher than the province average.

The general equipment manufacturing industry contributed the most with a value of 12.3 percent to Lishui's large industrial enterprises last year. 

The city's emerging industries also saw a rapid growth in 2021. The growth rates of high-tech, equipment, strategic emerging, and new technology industries were 25.1 percent, 20.7 percent, 23.4 percent, and 17.9 percent driving the added value of large industries to increase by 1.3, 6.2, 3.6, and 7.6 percentage points respectively.