National Bureau of Statistics: Profit of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide increases by 18.2% from January to April 2026.

On May 27, the National Bureau of Statistics released that from January to April, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide reached 2.43584 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.2% year-on-year (calculated according to comparable caliber). Among industrial enterprises above designated size from January to April, the total profits of state-controlled enterprises reached 827.15 billion yuan, an increase of 17.1% year-on-year; the total profits of shareholding enterprises reached 1.88344 trillion yuan, an increase of 24.0%; the total profits of foreign-invested enterprises reached 542.24 billion yuan, an increase of 2.3%; and the total profits of private enterprises reached 651.14 billion yuan, an increase of 23.7%. From January to April, the mining industry achieved a total profit of 361.84 billion yuan, an increase of 26.0% year-on-year; the manufacturing industry achieved a total profit of 1.80199 trillion yuan, an increase of 20.4%; and the electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply industry achieved a total profit of 272.01 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.9%. In April, profits in the main industries showed the following changes: profits in non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 1.2 times, computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 1.1 times, chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 73.4%, coal mining and washing industry increased by 21.0%, textile industry increased by 11.2%, petroleum and natural gas mining industry increased by 8.1%, petroleum, coal and other fuel processing industry turned from losses to profits, general equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 0.6%, electricity and heat production and supply industry decreased by 2.5%, special equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 7.2%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 11.4%, agricultural and sideline food processing industry decreased by 11.8%, automobile manufacturing industry decreased by 16.8%, non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 50.7%, and black metal smelting and rolling processing industry decreased by 51.5%. From January to April, industrial enterprises above designated size achieved operating income of 44.89 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.2% year-on-year; incurred operating costs of 38.13 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.5%; and the operating income profit margin was 5.43%, an increase of 0.60 percentage points year-on-year. By the end of April, the total assets of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 192.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.5% year-on-year; total liabilities reached 111.39 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.9%; total owner's equity reached 80.69 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.1%; and the asset-liability ratio was 58.0%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points year-on-year. By the end of April, the accounts receivable of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 27.44 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.2% year-on-year; finished goods inventory reached 6.95 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.7%. From January to April, the cost in every 100 yuan of operating income for industrial enterprises above designated size was 84.94 yuan, a decrease of 0.55 yuan year-on-year; the expenses in every 100 yuan of operating income were 8.39 yuan, an increase of 0.01 yuan year-on-year. By the end of April, the operating income realized in every 100 yuan of assets by industrial enterprises above designated size was 70.8 yuan, a decrease of 0.2 yuan year-on-year; the per capita operating income was 186.8 thousand yuan, an increase of 11.1 thousand yuan year-on-year; the inventory turnover days were 21.4 days, an increase of 0.4 days year-on-year; and the average collection period of accounts receivable was 72.2 days, an increase of 1.3 days year-on-year. In April, the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 24.7% year-on-year. This article is selected from the "National Bureau of Statistics", edited by GMTEight: Chen Xiaoyi.