China's industrial profits up 3.4% in January-May
China DailyXinhua| Updated :2024-06-28 BEIJING -- Profits of China's major industrial firms increased 3.4 percent year-on-year in the first five months of the year, official data showed Thursday. The profits of the equipment manufacturing sector continued to increase rapidly in the January-May period, with the combined profits of the sector gaining 11.5 percent year-on-year, said the NBS. The surge contributed 3.6 percentage points to the country's overall growth in industrial profits, making equipment manufacturing sector the largest contributor, said the NBS. Notably, Yu pointed out that the recovery of domestic demand and accelerated industrial exports had resulted in a rise in consumer goods production, with the sector's profits climbing by 10.9 percent year-on-year.