China's industrial output up 15.9% in first half of the year

Workers weld at a workshop of an automobile manufacturing enterprise in Qingzhou city, East China's Shandong province, Feb 28, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 15.9 percent year-on-year in first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Friday.