From January to August of 2025, the profits of industrial enterprises above a designated size in China increased by 0.9%.

In August, the total profits of industrial enterprises above a designated size in the country reached 4.69297 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%. In August, among industrial enterprises above a designated size, state-owned holding enterprises achieved a total profit of 1.51565 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.7%; shareholding enterprises achieved a total profit of 3.49319 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.1%; foreign-funded enterprises from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan achieved a total profit of 1.17236 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.9%; private enterprises achieved a total profit of 1.30761 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.3%. In August, the mining industry achieved a total profit of 566.11 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 30.6%; the manufacturing industry achieved a total profit of 3.52335 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.4%; the electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply industry achieved a total profit of 603.51 billion yuan, an increase of 9.4%. In August, the profit situation in major industries is as follows: the profit of electricity and heat production and supply industry increased by 13.0% year-on-year, non-ferrous metal smelting and processing industry increased by 12.7%, agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 11.8%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 11.5%, computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 7.2%, special equipment manufacturing industry increased by 6.9%, general equipment manufacturing industry increased by 5.8%, petroleum, coal, and other fuel processing industries decreased year-on-year, black metal smelting and processing industries turned from loss to profit year-on-year, automobile manufacturing industry decreased by 0.3%, non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 2.2%, chemical raw materials and chemical product manufacturing industry decreased by 5.5%, textile industry decreased by 7.0%, petroleum and natural gas extraction industry decreased by 12.4%, and coal mining and washing industry decreased by 53.6%. In August, industrial enterprises above a designated size achieved operating income of 89.62 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.3%; incurred operating costs of 76.70 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.5%; the operating income profit margin was 5.24%, a year-on-year decrease of 0.06 percentage points. At the end of August, the total assets of industrial enterprises above a designated size reached 18.508 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.0% year-on-year; total liabilities reached 10.734 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.4%; total owner's equity reached 7.773 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.4%; the asset-liability ratio was 58.0%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points year-on-year. At the end of August, accounts receivable of industrial enterprises above a designated size reached 2.724 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.6% year-on-year; finished goods inventory reached 0.673 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.3%.