{"id":"china-industrial-profits-january-august-2026","canonicalSlug":"china-industrial-profits-january-august-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/china-industrial-profits-january-august-2026","language":"en","title":"China industrial profits rise 15.7% in January-August","summary":"Profits grew 4.2% in August alone, with manufacturing gains offset by losses in utilities.","body":["Profits at China’s industrial enterprises above designated size totaled 5.27 trillion yuan in January-August, up 15.7% year over year on a comparable basis, the National Bureau of Statistics said on 29 September. August profits alone rose 4.2% annually.","Manufacturing profits increased 17.4% over the eight-month period and mining profits rose 35.1%; profits in electricity, heat, gas and water supply fell 12.0%. The bureau’s coverage is limited to industrial legal entities with annual main-business revenue of at least 20 million yuan."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"China industrial profits rise 15.7% in January-August\n\nProfits grew 4.2% in August alone, with manufacturing gains offset by losses in utilities.\n\nProfits at China’s industrial enterprises above designated size totaled 5.27 trillion yuan in January-August, up 15.7% year over year on a comparable basis, the National Bureau of Statistics said on 29 September. August profits alone rose 4.2% annually.\n\nManufacturing profits increased 17.4% over the eight-month period and mining profits rose 35.1%; profits in electricity, heat, gas and water supply fell 12.0%. The bureau’s coverage is limited to industrial legal entities with annual main-business revenue of at least 20 million yuan.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-08","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T00:01:40Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-29","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"National Bureau of Statistics of China","url":"https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260929_1965447.html","publishedAt":"2026-09-29","checkedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/china-industrial-profits-january-august-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/china-industrial-profits-january-august-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/china-industrial-profits-january-august-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/china-industrial-profits-january-august-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/china-industrial-profits-january-august-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/china-industrial-profits-january-august-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/china-industrial-profits-january-august-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}