Steady uptick in production at factories By OUYANG SHIJIA | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-16 08:57 Share CLOSE An employee works on the production line of an automobile company in Qingzhou, Shandong province. [Photo by Wang Jilin/For China Daily] Economic recovery gathers pace as key gauge higher for eighth straight month China's value-added industrial output rose for the eighth straight month in November, as economic recovery gathered pace and factories stepped up production, according to official data on Tuesday. The added value of industrial enterprises above a designated size rose by 7 percent on a yearly basis in November, expanding at the fastest pace since March 2019, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.