AI Data Insight
China's overall industrial capacity utilization dropped to 73.0% in the second quarter of 2026, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points from 73.6% in the previous quarter, marking a new low since the first quarter of 2024. The overall mining and traditional manufacturing sectors continue to face heavy pressure from idle capacity due to the property downturn and sluggish domestic demand. The market is closely watching whether official authorities will expand stimulus policies in the second half of the year to reverse the downturn.