In the first three quarters of 2025, the operating income of cultural and related industries enterprises above designated size nationwide increased by 7.9%.

According to a survey of over 81,000 cultural and related industry enterprises nationwide, in the first three quarters of 2025, cultural enterprises achieved operating income of 10.9589 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.9% compared to the same period of the previous year. Among them, 16 industry subcategories with clear characteristics of cultural new formats achieved operating income of 4.886 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.1% from the same period of the previous year, which was 6.2 percentage points faster than all cultural enterprises above a certain scale. In terms of industry type, cultural manufacturing achieved operating income of 3.0766 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.3% compared to the same period of the previous year; cultural wholesale and retail industry achieved 1.8197 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.5%; cultural service industry achieved 6.0626 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.9%. In terms of field, the core cultural sector achieved operating income of 7.4216 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.5% compared to the same period of the previous year; while the cultural related fields achieved 3.5373 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.2%.