Affected by changes in the domestic and foreign environment, the trend of Anhui's industrial economy this year has continued the downward trend since the end of last year, and the growth rate of major indicators has slowed down. However, in this context, the home appliance industry has shown a trend of upward development against the trend.

According to statistics, in the first four months, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in Anhui Province increased by 16.5 percent, down 3.2 percentage points from the same period last year. However, the added value of the household appliance industry increased by 19.8 percent, 3.3 percentage points higher than that of all industries, and contributed 12.5 percent to the growth of all industries, ranking first among the 37 industries; The profit growth rate was 0.9%, 25.6 percentage points higher than that of all industries, and the contribution rate to the profit growth of all industries was 56.2%, ranking second among 37 industries. It is understood that in the past six years, the household appliance industry has been the industry with the most added value and the highest contribution rate among the 37 industrial industries in Anhui Province, with an average annual growth rate of 28%, 5.7 percentage points higher than that of all industries above designated size, and a contribution rate of 14.2% to the growth of all industries.

The Anhui Provincial Economic Information Center held in the "Economic Blue Page" released last month that the leapfrog development of Anhui's household appliance industry is inseparable from the implementation of the "household appliances to the countryside" policy since 2009. In the past three years of the "household appliances to the countryside" policy, the output of the four major electrical appliances in Anhui has increased nearly three times compared with 2008, with an average annual growth rate of more than 43%; The proportion of production in the country increased from 10.5% in 2008 to 19.5%. At present, Hefei, Qingdao and Shunde are known as the three major domestic appliance industry bases. From January to May this year, Anhui has sold 3.187 million household appliances to the countryside, with an amount of 9.08 billion yuan, ranking second in the country.