China's value-added industrial output reaches 31.31 trillion yuan

China has met its target of reducing steel output by 150 million tons two years ahead of schedule, as envisaged in the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Monday.

The ministry added that the country's industrial output, an important economic indicator, reached 31.31 trillion yuan ($4.84 trillion) last year, making it the world's largest manufacturing power for 11 consecutive years.