National Bureau of Statistics: In the first three quarters, the operating income of cultural and related industry enterprises above a certain scale nationwide increased by 7.9% year-on-year.

On October 30, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, a survey of 81,000 national cultural and related industry enterprises (hereinafter referred to as "cultural enterprises") showed that in the first three quarters of 2025, cultural enterprises achieved operating income of 10.589 trillion yuan, calculated on a comparable basis, an increase of 7.9% compared to the same period last year. Among them, 16 sub-categories of industries with more prominent characteristics of new cultural formats achieved operating income of 4.886 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.1% compared to the same period last year, which was 6.2 percentage points faster than all cultural enterprises above a certain scale. By industry type, the cultural manufacturing industry achieved operating income of 3.0766 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.3% compared to the same period last year; the cultural wholesale and retail industry 1.8197 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.5%; the cultural service industry 6.0626 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.9%. In terms of sectors, the core cultural sector achieved operating income of 7.4216 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.5% compared to the same period last year; the related cultural sector 3.5373 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.2%. By industry category, news information services achieved operating income of 1.508 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.6% compared to the same period last year; content creation and production 2.5625 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.0%; creative design services 1.9285 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.2%; cultural communication channels 1.2306 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.9%; cultural investment operation 4.05 billion yuan, an increase of 3.6%; cultural entertainment and leisure services 151.5 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6%; cultural auxiliary production and intermediary services 1.1718 trillion yuan, a decrease of 2.2%; cultural equipment production 514.6 billion yuan, an increase of 4.4%; cultural consumer terminal production 1.8509 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.5%. In terms of regions, cultural enterprises in the eastern region achieved operating income of 8.7561 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.2% compared to the same period last year; in the central region 1.2223 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.4%; in the western region 886.3 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7%; in the northeastern region 94.3 billion yuan, an increase of 1.8%. In the first three quarters, cultural enterprises achieved a total profit of 909.3 billion yuan, an increase of 14.2% compared to the same period last year; the profit rate of operating income was 8.30%, an increase of 0.45 percentage points compared to the same period last year. At the end of the third quarter, the total assets of cultural enterprises were 22.4227 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.4% compared to the same period last year; for every 100 yuan of assets, the operating income was 66.8 yuan, an increase of 0.3 yuan compared to the same period last year. This article is from the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics, edited by GMTEight: Liu Jiayin.