Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on May 27 shows that from January to April, the total profit of large-scale industrial enterprises nationwide reached 1259.79 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 27.4%, with the decline narrowing by 9.3 percentage points compared to the January-March period. Among them, the profit of the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry decreased by 48%.

　　From January to April, among large-scale industrial enterprises, state-holding enterprises achieved a total profit of 304.63 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 46.0%; joint-stock enterprises achieved a total profit of 924.9 billion yuan, a decrease of 26.6%; foreign-funded and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan-invested enterprises achieved a total profit of 312.13 billion yuan, a decrease of 28.8%; and privately-owned enterprises achieved a total profit of 392.01 billion yuan, a decrease of 17.2%.

　　From January to April, the mining industry achieved a total profit of 111.01 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 35.2%; the manufacturing industry achieved a total profit of 1026.95 billion yuan, a decrease of 26.8%; and the electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply industry achieved a total profit of 121.83 billion yuan, a decrease of 24.3%.

　　From January to April, among the 41 major industrial categories, 5 industries saw an increase in total profits year-on-year, while 36 industries saw a decrease. The main industry profit situations are as follows: the tobacco industry's total profit increased by 22.6% year-on-year, the agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 20.0%, the computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 15.0%, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry decreased by 60.4%, the petroleum and natural gas extraction industry decreased by 56.4%, the automobile manufacturing industry decreased by 52.1%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry decreased by 48.0%, the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry decreased by 40.3%, the coal mining and washing industry decreased by 27.0%, the electricity and heat production and supply industry decreased by 27.0%, the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 22.9%, the textile industry decreased by 19.8%, the non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 19.7%, the general equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 17.6%, the special equipment manufacturing industry decreased by 3.1%, and the petroleum, coal, and other fuel processing industry shifted from profit to loss during the same period.

　　From January to April, large-scale industrial enterprises achieved an operating revenue of 28.31 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.9%; incurred an operating cost of 24.04 trillion yuan, a decrease of 9.1%; and the operating profit margin was 4.45%, a year-on-year decrease of 1.07 percentage points.

　　At the end of April, the total assets of large-scale industrial enterprises reached 117.69 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%; total liabilities reached 66.80 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.2%; and total owners' equity reached 50.89 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.4%; the asset-liability ratio was 56.8%, remaining flat year-on-year.

　　At the end of April, accounts receivable of large-scale industrial enterprises reached 14.43 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.9%; and finished goods inventory reached 442.772 billion yuan, an increase of 10.6%.

　　From January to April, the cost per 100 yuan of operating revenue for large-scale industrial enterprises was 84.91 yuan, an increase of 0.69 yuan year-on-year; and the expenses per 100 yuan of operating revenue were 9.23 yuan, an increase of 0.36 yuan year-on-year.