Economic data for steering assembly and related parts industry in China

Item		2018	2017	2016
Industry scale	Year-end total asset (million CNY)	53,803.15	50,131.91	46,247.63
	Total production (million units / million pieces / million sets)	-	71.95	67.46
	Main operating income (million CNY)	63,450.83	59,417.19	55,702.09
Economic effect	Gross profit (million CNY)	5,665.11	5,346.42	5,091.16
	Current income before income taxes (million CNY)	7,870.60	7,429.29	7,229.45
	Debt to asset ratio (%)	47.63	53.12	58.03
Research and development	Total number of people in R&D	3,358	3,373	3,260
	R&D Expenditures as percentage of GDP (%)	2.19	2.13	2.05
	Total number of patent acquisitions	1,778	1,619	1,790