National Bureau of Statistics: From January to February 2026, the profit of industrial enterprises above designated size in the country increased by 15.2% year-on-year.

On March 27, the data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that in January and February, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 1.0256 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.2% year-on-year. In January and February, among industrial enterprises above designated size, state-owned enterprises achieved a total profit of 366.56 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3% year-on-year; shareholding enterprises achieved a total profit of 803.29 billion yuan, an increase of 22.1%; foreign-invested enterprises from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan achieved a total profit of 216.75 billion yuan, a decrease of 3.8%; private enterprises achieved a total profit of 284.45 billion yuan, an increase of 37.2%. In January and February, the mining industry achieved a total profit of 155.61 billion yuan, an increase of 9.9% year-on-year; the manufacturing industry achieved a total profit of 732.15 billion yuan, an increase of 18.9%; the electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply industry achieved a total profit of 136.8 billion yuan, an increase of 3.7%. In January and February, the profit situation of major industries is as follows: the computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry saw a 2.0 fold increase in profits, the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry saw a 1.5 fold increase, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry saw a 35.9% increase, the non-metallic mineral products industry saw a 16.2% increase, the textile industry saw a 12.6% increase, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry saw an 8.0% increase, the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry saw a 6.2% increase, the coal mining and washing industry saw a 4.5% increase, the special equipment manufacturing industry saw a 4.3% increase, the general equipment manufacturing industry saw a 3.6% increase, the electricity, heat production and supply industry saw a 3.4% increase. The petroleum, coal and other fuel processing industry turned from loss to profit, the petroleum and natural gas extraction industry decreased by 16.8%, the automobile manufacturing industry decreased by 30.2%, the black metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased its loss. In January and February, industrial enterprises above designated size achieved operating income of 20.84 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.3% year-on-year; operating costs amounted to 17.68 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.0%; the operating income profit margin was 4.92%, up by 0.43 percentage points year-on-year. At the end of February, the total assets of industrial enterprises above designated size was 188.4 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.5% year-on-year; the total liabilities amounted to 108.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.8%; the total owner's equity was 79.82 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.1%; the asset-liability ratio was 57.6%, up by 0.1 percentage point year-on-year. At the end of February, accounts receivable of industrial enterprises above designated size amounted to 26.55 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.1% year-on-year; finished goods inventory was 6.68 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.6%. In January and February, the cost per 100 yuan of operating income for industrial enterprises above designated size was 84.83 yuan, a decrease of 0.24 yuan year-on-year; the expenses per 100 yuan of operating income was 8.66 yuan, an increase of 0.02 yuan year-on-year. At the end of February, the operating income per 100 yuan of assets for industrial enterprises above designated size was 66.4 yuan, a decrease of 0.1 yuan year-on-year; the per capita operating income was 1.749 million yuan, an increase of 95,000 yuan year-on-year; the turnover days of finished goods inventory was 22.7 days, an increase of 0.4 days year-on-year; the average collection period of accounts receivable was 76.4 days, an increase of 1.3 days year-on-year. This article is compiled from the "National Bureau of Statistics", edited by GMTEight: Feng Qiuyi.