Different sectors of the Chinese manufacturing industry have contributed separately to the entire manufacturing industry in China. The petrochemical as well as the automobile industries contributed 59.9% and 118.3% in the year 1995. The six predominant industries in the manufacturing industry in China comprise of petrochemical, metallurgy, forestry, medicine, food and machinery. Electronics industry, medicine and the food segments have gained popularity very recently. The year 2000 witnessed these industries, namely, medicine, food and electronics industries accounting for 14.7% of industrial yield. 52.9% of industrial performance was achieved in the year 2000, by joint venture companies and shareholder organizations. This was an increase by 11.3% as compared to 1995.
The productivity of China's manufacturing industry was 35.30% of the gross domestic product and approximately 78.68% pertaining to all other industries in the year 2003. Chinese manufacturing industry paid taxes accounting for 90% by industries and the contribution of employees accounted for 90.7%. exports registered 91.2%. Trade value registered USD$1150 billion in the year 2004.