The profit data of industrial enterprises released by the National Bureau of Statistics on May 27 showed that market demand continued to recover in the first four months of this year, the production and operation of industrial enterprises were steadily improving, the total profit continued to maintain rapid growth, and the quality and efficiency of enterprises continued to improve.

Statistics show that from January to April, industrial enterprises above designated size across the country achieved profits of RMB 259.435 billion, an increase of 1.06 times year-on-year, continuing the rapid growth trend since the second half of last year; compared with the same period in 2019, profits increased by 49.6%, a two-year average An increase of 22.3%.

Driven by factors such as improved market demand and rising commodity prices, the petroleum and chemical industries have maintained rapid growth in profits. From January to April, the total profit of the oil and gas extraction industry was 58.16 billion yuan, an increase of 1.19 times; the petroleum processing industry turned losses into profits, with an additional profit of 165.83 billion yuan; the total profit of the chemical raw materials and chemical products industry was 247.31 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.72 times.

The data shows that the profits of all industries are better than the same period last year. From January to April, the profits of 41 major industrial sectors all increased year-on-year. Among them, there are 10 industries with a profit growth rate of more than 100%, accounting for 24.4%; 14 industries with a profit growth of 50%-100%, accounting for 34.1%. Compared with the same period in 2019, 30 industries achieved profit growth, accounting for 73.2%.

The profit of the main industries is as follows: the total profit of the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 4.84 times year-on-year, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 4.16 times, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 2.72 times, the automobile manufacturing industry increased by 1.58 times, and the petroleum industry And natural gas mining industry increased by 1.19 times, coal mining and washing industry increased by 91.5%, computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing increased by 86.2%, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing increased by 85.8%, special equipment manufacturing increased by 77.7%, general The equipment manufacturing industry increased by 67.7%, the non-metallic mineral products industry increased by 40.8%, the power and heat production and supply industry increased by 40.5%, the textile industry increased by 16.6%, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 16.6%, and the petroleum, coal and other fuel processing industries Turning from loss to profit in the same period.

According to data, from January to April, industrial enterprises above designated size achieved operating income of 37.78 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33.6%; incurred operating costs of 31.54 trillion yuan, an increase of 31.4%; operating income margin was 6.87%, an increase of 2.42 percentage points year-on-year .

Unit costs have fallen year-on-year, and profit margins have continued to rise. From January to April, the cost per hundred yuan of operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size decreased by 1.39 yuan year-on-year. Among them, the cost per hundred yuan of operating income in the mining industry decreased by 4.86 yuan year-on-year, and the raw material manufacturing industry decreased by 3.61 yuan. The cost per hundred yuan of operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size decreased by 0.84 yuan year-on-year. The operating income margin was 6.87%, a year-on-year increase of 2.42 percentage points. Since the beginning of this year, the corporate operating income margin has continued to rise.

The loss of enterprises has been further reduced, and the effect of reducing losses is obvious. At the end of April, the loss of industrial enterprises above designated size decreased by 4.9 percentage points year-on-year, and 3.3 percentage points lower than at the end of March. From January to April, the loss of loss-making enterprises decreased by 31.9% year-on-year.

In April, the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 57.0% year-on-year. Affected by the gradual increase in the base figure in the same period last year, the growth rate dropped by 35.3 percentage points from March; compared with the same period in 2019, profits increased by 50.2%, an average increase of 22.6 in two years %, 10.7 percentage points faster than in March.