02 April 2021, Friday, 11:11 133

China's industrial profits accelerate rebound in first two months

Редактор: Тимофій Борзенко

Workshop of the Northeast Light Alloy Co., Ltd. in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Photo by Xinhua/Wang Jianwei.

Profits of China's major industrial firms saw accelerated growth in the first two months of this year as the economy further firms up from the COVID-19-induced woes, official data showed, informs The Xinhua News Agency.

Industrial firms with an annual business turnover of at least 20 million yuan (about 3.06 million U.S. dollars) saw their combined profits surge 179 percent year on year during the Jan.-Feb. period to 1.11 trillion yuan, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed.

When compared with the first two months of 2019, the figure represented a rise of 72.1 percent. The average growth rate in the past two years stood at 31.2 percent, NBS data showed.

"The notable rebound was a combined result of recovery in both domestic and external demand, a low comparison base and longer production hours by firms as workers "stayed put" for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday this year", - NBS senior statistician Zhu Hong said.

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