The equipment manufacturing industry is the first pillar industry in Hebei 

"Hebei structural adjustment has made a new breakthrough. The main mark is that the proportion of equipment manufacturing industry is more than that of iron and steel industry. It has become the first pillar industry in the industry. The steel industry has always been the history of Hebei's largest industry." At a recent press conference on the national economic situation in Hebei Province in the first half of 2016, Tian Yan, a spokesman for the Hebei Provincial Bureau of statistics, said.

Hebei Bureau of statistics and the National Bureau of Statistics Survey Office in Hebei recently jointly held a 2016 national economic situation in Hebei Province in the first half of the press conference, saying that the adjustment of industrial structure has made a breakthrough, the equipment manufacturing value added accounted for above scale industries accounted for more than the iron and steel industry for the first time, over 0.1 percentage points. The leading industry support in Hebei is changing from iron and steel industry to equipment manufacturing industry.

Tian Yan explained that the "0.1 percentage point" means that the added value of Hebei's equipment manufacturing industry in the first half of this year is 470 million yuan more than that of the iron and steel industry, which means that Hebei province's structural transformation has been promoted and the structural reform of supply side has been achieved. "Since 12th Five-Year", Hebei province Yajian steel production capacity, increase the investment of equipment manufacturing industry, promote the transformation and upgrading of the industrial transformation and development momentum. During the period of 12th Five-Year, the investment of equipment manufacturing industry increased by nearly 30% annually, while the investment growth of iron and steel industry decreased year by year, and the proportion of industrial investment decreased year by year.

In the second half, the Hebei Provincial Bureau of Statistics said, faced with the coordinated development of Beijing Tianjin Hebei, the successful bid for the Winter Olympics, to upgrade and accelerate new urbanization and other major opportunities, Hebei province economy is expected to remain stable to good, steady progress situation.