Profits of above-scale industrial enterprises nationwide increased by 15.2% in January–February.

On March 27, the National Bureau of Statistics released data: in January to February, industrial enterprises above designated size across the country recorded total profits of 10,245.6 billion yuan, up 15.2% year over year.

In January to February, among industrial enterprises above designated size, profit totals for enterprises under state-owned controlling interests were 3,665.6 billion yuan, up 5.3%; profit totals for joint-stock enterprises were 8,032.9 billion yuan, up 22.1%; profit totals for foreign-invested and investment from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan enterprises were 2,167.5 billion yuan, down 3.8%; and profit totals for private enterprises were 2,844.5 billion yuan, up 37.2%.

In January to February, the mining industry recorded total profits of 1,556.1 billion yuan, up 9.9%; manufacturing recorded total profits of 7,321.5 billion yuan, up 18.9%; and the electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply industry recorded total profits of 1,368.0 billion yuan, up 3.7%.

In January to February, the profit performance of major industries was as follows: profits in the computer, communications, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry rose by 2.0 times year over year; the non-ferrous metals smelting and rolling processing industry rose by 1.5 times; the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry rose by 35.9%; the non-metallic mineral products industry rose by 16.2%; the textile industry rose by 12.6%; the processing of agricultural and sideline food products rose by 8.0%; the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry rose by 6.2%; the coal mining and washing industry rose by 4.5%; the specialized equipment manufacturing industry rose by 4.3%; the general equipment manufacturing industry rose by 3.6%; profits in the electricity and heat production and supply industry rose by 3.4%; the petroleum, coal, and other fuel processing industry turned from loss to profit; profit in the petroleum and natural gas extraction industry fell by 16.8%; the automobile manufacturing industry fell by 30.2%; and losses widened in the ferrous metals smelting and rolling processing industry.

In January to February, industrial enterprises above designated size achieved operating revenue of 20.84 trillion yuan, up 5.3% year over year; operating costs were 17.68 trillion yuan, up 5.0%; and the operating revenue profit margin was 4.92%, up 0.43 percentage points year over year.

At the end of February, industrial enterprises above designated size had total assets of 188.40 trillion yuan, up 5.5%; total liabilities of 108.59 trillion yuan, up 5.8%; total owners’ equity of 79.82 trillion yuan, up 5.1%; and the asset-liability ratio was 57.6%, up 0.1 percentage points year over year.

At the end of February, accounts receivable of industrial enterprises above designated size were 26.55 trillion yuan, up 7.1%; inventories of finished goods were 6.68 trillion yuan, up 6.6%.

In January to February, the cost per 100 yuan of operating revenue for industrial enterprises above designated size was 84.83 yuan, down 0.24 yuan year over year; and the expense per 100 yuan of operating revenue was 8.66 yuan, up 0.02 yuan year over year.

At the end of February, the operating revenue achieved per 100 yuan of assets for industrial enterprises above designated size was 66.4 yuan, down 0.1 yuan year over year; operating revenue per capita was 1.749 million yuan, up 0.095 million yuan year over year; the number of days for the turnover of inventories of finished goods was 22.7 days, up 0.4 days year over year; and the average recovery period for accounts receivable was 76.4 days, up 1.3 days year over year.

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