Industrial profits show China's economy gaining strength

1—4月份全国规模以上工业企业利润增长4.3%

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday that industrial enterprises with annual revenue of at least 20 million yuan ($2.8 million) saw their total profits surge 4 percent year-on-year in April after a 3.5 percent decline in March.

国家统计局27日公布数据显示，4月份，中国规模以上工业企业（年主营业务收入在2000万元以上的工业企业）利润由3月份同比下降3.5%转为增长4.0%。

For the January-April period, China's industrial profits increased 4.3 percent year-on-year, flat with the figure in the first quarter.

1—4月份，规上工业企业利润同比增长4.3%，增速与1—3月份持平。

NBS statistician Yu Weining said the industrial profits improved in April with the macroeconomic policy measures taking effect gradually, and also continued recovery in market demand and improvement in industrial production.

国家统计局工业司统计师于卫宁表示，4月份，随着宏观组合政策落实落细，市场需求继续回暖，工业生产回升向好，规模以上工业企业效益持续恢复。

In the next step, more efforts should be made to front-load macroeconomic policy support early, move faster to develop new quality productive forces, drive industrial upgrading, expand effective demand and tackle issues faced by enterprises, Yu said.

于卫宁表示，下阶段，将靠前发力有效落实已经确定的宏观政策，加快发展新质生产力，促进产业提质升级，着力扩大有效需求，助力企业纾困解难。

Among the 41 major industrial sectors surveyed, 31 saw year-on-year growth in their profits in the first four months.

1—4月，在41个工业大类行业中，有31个行业利润同比增长。

In the first four months, profits recorded by industrial firms that offer supplies of electricity, heat, gas and water grew by 36.9 percent year-on-year, and profits recorded by manufacturing companies rose by 8 percent. Meanwhile, profits recorded by mining firms shrank 18.6 percent.

前四个月，电力热力燃气及水生产和供应业利润增长36.9%，制造业利润增长8.0%，采矿业利润同比下降18.6%。

Notably, profits at equipment manufacturing enterprises surged 16.3 percent in the first four months, 12 percentage points higher than that of the overall industrial profits.

1—4月，装备制造业利润同比增长16.3%，增速高于全部规上工业12个百分点。

英文来源：中国日报网

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