National Bureau of Statistics: The operating income of cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size nationwide increased by 7.4% in 2025.

According to a survey of more than 82,000 cultural and related industry enterprises nationwide, by 2025, the cultural enterprises achieved operating income of 15.2135 trillion yuan, calculated on a comparable basis, an increase of 7.4% over the previous year. Among them, 16 sub-categories of industries with more prominent characteristics of new cultural formats achieved operating income of 6.8253 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.3% over the previous year, 6.9 percentage points higher than all cultural enterprises above a certain scale. By industry type, cultural manufacturing achieved operating income of 4.1058 trillion yuan, a growth of 0.6% over the previous year; cultural wholesale and retail 2.5267 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.0%; cultural services 8.5811 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.0%. In terms of field, core cultural areas achieved operating income of 10.3181 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.5% over the previous year; related cultural areas 4.8955 trillion yuan, a decrease of 0.4%. By industry category, news and information services achieved operating income of 2.1269 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.2% over the previous year; content creation and production 3.4991 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.5%; creative design services 2.7377 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.3%; cultural communication channels 1.6814 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.0%; cultural investment and operation 0.632 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.6%; cultural entertainment and leisure services 0.2099 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.4%; cultural auxiliary production and intermediation services 1.6073 trillion yuan, a decrease of 2.5%; cultural equipment production 0.7527 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.6%; cultural consumer terminal production 2.5355 trillion yuan, a decrease of 0.9%. By region, cultural enterprises in the eastern region achieved operating income of 12.1298 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.6% over the previous year; in the central region 1.7094 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.5%; in the western region 1.2486 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.2%; in the northeastern region 0.1256 trillion yuan, a decrease of 0.9%. In 2025, cultural enterprises achieved a total profit of 1.3763 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.5% over the previous year; the operating income profit rate was 9.05%, basically the same as the previous year. At the end of 2025, the total assets of cultural enterprises amounted to 22.9898 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.0% over the previous year; for every 100 yuan of assets, operating income of 68.6 yuan was achieved, an increase of 0.3 yuan compared to the previous year.