It is estimated that country's output of lithium-ion batteries in the January-June period exceeded 280 gigawatt-hours, registering a year-on-year increase of 150 percent, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed on Wednesday.
The whole sector raked in over 480 billion yuan (about 70.78 billion U.S. dollars), the ministry estimated.
China's robust lithium-ion battery output echoes the country's booming production of new energy vehicles, which soared 120 percent in the first half of this year.
Exports of lithium-ion battery products spiked 75 percent year on year during the period, according to the ministry.
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