Guangzhou (JLC), January 27, 2026--Profits of China's major industrial firms rose by 0.6% year on year in 2025, after declining for three straight years, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on January 27.
Industrial firms with an annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.86 million US dollars) saw their combined profits reach roughly 7.40 trillion yuan in the year.
Specifically, China reaped profits of 5.69 trillion yuan in the manufacturing industry and 872.12 billion yuan in the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industry, a year-on-year growth of 5.0% and 9.4%, respectively. On the contrary, profits in the mining industry plunged by 26.2% year on year to 834.51 billion yuan.
Yu Weining, chief statistician of the Industrial Department of the NBS, attributed the rebound in total profits to growth momentum from equipment and high-tech manufacturing sectors. Profits in the two sectors surged by 7.7% and 13.3% in 2025, the NBS data shows.
Meanwhile, the combined business revenue of China's major industrial firms stood at 139.20 trillion yuan in the year, a climb of 1.1% from the year before.
In December alone, the country recorded a year-on-year gain of 5.3% in its industrial profits, versus a slump of 13.1% in November, the NBS data also indicates.
