On July 28, economic information daily published an article titled "excavator index" in the first half of the year reveals the vitality of infrastructure construction. The article said that from January to June, the average monthly operating rate of construction machinery was 60.37%, which was significantly higher in the second quarter than that in the first quarter; The total working hours of excavators increased by 6.86% over the same period last year.
As a "wind vane" to observe the situation of infrastructure construction, the "excavator index" integrated by digging and collecting shows that in the first half of the year, the activity of China's infrastructure construction continued to rise, new projects were intensively launched, and the investment and construction in the central and western regions accelerated.
——Infrastructure construction activity rebounded
In summer, on the construction site of Changsha west railway station industrial new city phase I project, rotary excavators and loaders shuttle busily; On the edge of Tengger Desert, the cloud base in the west of Zhongwei City, Ningxia is under construction.
"Operating rate", "average operating volume"... The "plant 18" of Sany Heavy Industry in Changsha, Hunan Province, is based on the tree root Internet industrial Internet platform, and the operating data of more than 700000 construction machinery and equipment leap on the big screen.
Hedongdong, co-founder and CEO of Shugen Internet, told reporters that by installing airborne controllers and sensors on each excavator, with the help of big data and Internet of things technology, every shovel and step of the excavator will form data traces, which has become an important "vane" to reflect infrastructure construction and observe fixed asset investment.
The "excavator index" shows that the average monthly operating rate of construction machinery in the first half of the year was 60.37%, of which the average monthly operating rate of construction machinery in the second quarter was 66.77%, significantly higher than the average monthly operating rate of 53.98% in the first quarter.
Among them, concrete equipment is mainly used in the main construction stage of the building, and its commencement can reflect the situation of the infrastructure projects under construction. From March to June this year, the operating rates of concrete equipment were 56.15%, 58.06%, 58.99% and 58.87% respectively, and the indicators showed steady progress.
"Since this year, the working value of construction machinery and equipment has continued to improve, reflecting the effectiveness of various steady growth policies, the acceleration of infrastructure construction, the enhancement of enterprise investment confidence and the expected positive development, which also further demonstrates the resilience of economic growth." Zhuminghao, associate professor of Beijing Jiaotong University and executive director of China high end manufacturing research center, said.
——New projects are intensively implemented
The operation data of excavators can reflect the commencement of the project and observe the construction heat of new projects.
From January to June, the total working hours of excavators increased by 6.86% year-on-year, of which the total working hours in June increased by 6.74% year-on-year.
From the perspective of operating rate, the operating data of excavators showed a trend of stabilizing month by month from January to June. Among them, the operating rate of excavators remained above 70% from March to may, and the operating rate in June was 68.20%, a slight decrease from May.
"With the large number of projects started around, the relevant data is expected to further improve." He Dongdong said.
This trend is also confirmed by the statistical data of relevant ministries and commissions. According to the latest data of the national development and Reform Commission, from the perspective of investment leading indicators, the number of new projects started in the first five months increased by 26.1% year-on-year, and the total planned investment of new projects increased by 23.3%.
"From the relevant data, the construction of engineering projects in the first half of the country was active, and at the same time, all regions accelerated the final construction of engineering projects, entering a comprehensive sprint stage." He Dongdong said.
——Steady progress has been made in investment projects in the west, and the popularity of road construction in the middle has increased
Further analyzing the performance of "excavator index" in different regions, we can see that major projects in the West are advancing steadily, and the heat of road construction in the middle is increasing. The active operation of port machinery also reflects the warming of China's foreign trade import and export.
Data show that in the first half of this year, among the 10 provinces with the highest year-on-year growth in the construction machinery operating rate, there were 6 in the western region (Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang), 2 in the eastern region (Zhejiang, Hainan) and 2 in the central region (Shanxi, Anhui).
The western region is also the hottest region for the commencement of new projects. Taking June as an example, among the top ten provinces with year-on-year growth in excavator operation rate, there are five in the western region, namely Gansu, Tibet, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang.
In the first half of the year, the road construction in Central China was relatively hot. From the operation data of comprehensive pavers, rollers and other pavement equipment, from January to June, among the top ten provinces with year-on-year growth in the operating rate of pavement equipment, there are five provinces in the middle, including Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan.
The construction site is in full swing, and the port is also busy. A few days ago, six newly customized automatic rail cranes landed on the berth of Jiangyin port area of Fuzhou port, marking the prelude to the construction of automatic Wharf in this port area. Prior to that, six key water transportation projects with a total investment of 2.53 billion yuan were launched in Jiantiao port area of Taizhou port.
The "excavator index" shows that from January to June, the average monthly operating rate of front cranes related to import and export remained at 54%.
"The front crane is a port operation machinery, which is closely related to import and export trade, which means that China's foreign trade exchanges continue to heat up." He Dongdong said.
In Zhu Minghao's view, the "excavator index" reflects the continuous improvement of the construction activity of national engineering projects since this year, the acceleration of the construction of major projects and key projects, and the role of project investment in stimulating economic growth is emerging.
However, experts also said that the project requires a certain transmission cycle from investment to the formation of physical workload. It is believed that with the further implementation of the package of measures to stabilize the economy, the effectiveness of the project construction is expected to further appear in the second half of the year.
