According to the news from the National Bureau of Statistics, in the fourth quarter of 2017, the utilization rate of industrial capacity in China was 78.0%, up 4.2 percentage points from the same period of last year. In 2017, the national industrial capacity utilization rate was 77.0%, up 3.7 percentage points from the previous year. In the fourth quarter, the manufacturing capacity utilization rate was 78.5%, up 4.2 percentage points from the same period of previous year. In the whole year, the manufacturing capacity utilization rate was 77.5%, an increase of 3.6 percentage points over the previous year. In the fourth quarter, the utilization rate of textile capacity was 79.5%, an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the same period of previous year. In the whole year, the utilization rate of textile capacity was 80.2%, an increase of 4.2 percentage points over the previous year. Chemical fiber manufacturing capacity utilization was 84.6%, an increase of 1.6 percentage points over the same period the previous year; chemical fiber manufacturing capacity utilization was 83.7%, an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the previous year.