Textile industry reports stable growth

China's textile industry posted stable growth in the first four months of the year, official data show.

The total value-added output of textile companies with an annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan ($2.79 million) went up 4.2 percent year-on-year during the January-April period, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Textile companies generated 1.49 trillion yuan in revenue during the period, representing a 0.5 percent year-on-year decrease.