According to statistics from the China Construction Machinery Association:
In October 2025, the average monthly working hours for major construction machinery products was 80.9 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 9.03% and a month-on-month increase of 3.62%. Specifically: excavators 68.6 hours; loaders 98 hours; truck cranes 103 hours; crawler cranes 91.4 hours; tower cranes 49.9 hours; road rollers 31.9 hours; pavers 45.8 hours; rotary drilling rigs 65.9 hours; off-highway mining dump trucks 161 hours; concrete pump trucks 41.5 hours; concrete mixer trucks 65.9 hours; and forklifts 106 hours.
The monthly operating rate for major construction machinery products in October 2025 was 55%, a year-on-year decrease of 10.1 percentage points and a month-on-month decrease of 0.16 percentage points. Among them: excavators 55.1%; loaders 58.2%; truck cranes 69.7%; crawler cranes 56.9%; tower cranes 39.9%; road rollers 42.4%; pavers 57%; rotary drilling rigs 40.1%; off-highway mining dump trucks 45.9%; concrete pump trucks 36.1%; concrete mixer trucks 30.9%; and forklifts 58.5%.
