BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — From road construction sites to water conservancy projects across China, excavator operators have been pretty busy this year amid the country’s endeavors to rev up infrastructure construction.
According to the “excavator index” tracked by leading construction gear maker Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd, the cumulative working hours of excavators in China during the first six months of the year increased by 6.86 percent from a year ago.
During the second quarter, the monthly average operating rate of the engineering equipment reached 66.77 percent, climbing from 53.98 percent in the first quarter, the data showed.
The increased workload of the engineering machinery reflected in the index points to the effectiveness of the pro-growth policies, the accelerated pace of infrastructure construction, and the…
