In the first quarter of 2011, the output value of most machine tools and other machinery industries showed a significant increase. The machine tool industry saw a large increase in the number of CNC machine tools, an increase of 39.04%, far faster than the 22% increase in the total machine tool. Other machinery industries also showed a rapid increase in output value, especially for construction machinery that achieved rapid growth. In contrast, the increase in the number of cars and internal combustion engines fell sharply.

In the machine tool industry, the growth gap between metal cutting machine tools and metal forming machine tools increased. Metal-cutting machine tools increased by 22.9% year-on-year, metal-forming machines increased by 0.32% year-on-year, and other products maintained growth by more than 22%. Machine tool numerical control devices increased by 33.86%. The growth of CNC machine tools was 39.04%, which was far faster than the increase of 22% of the total machine tools, indicating that the demand for CNC machine tools was far greater than that of ordinary machine tools.