National Bureau of Statistics: The operating income of cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size in the first quarter increased by 6.2%.

The National Bureau of Statistics released data, according to a survey of 80,000 cultural and related industry enterprises nationwide (referred to as "cultural enterprises" below), in the first quarter of 2025, cultural enterprises achieved operating income of 3.3939 trillion yuan. According to comparable calculations, this represents a 6.2% increase compared to the same period last year. Among them, 16 industry subcategories with obvious characteristics of new cultural formats achieved operating income of 1.4846 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.5% compared to the same period last year, which was 6.3 percentage points faster than all large-scale cultural enterprises. By industry type, cultural manufacturing achieved operating income of 941.7 billion yuan, an increase of 1.6% compared to the same period last year; cultural wholesale and retail industry achieved 595.3 billion yuan, an increase of 3.3%; cultural service industry achieved 1.8569 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.7%. By field, the core cultural field achieved operating income of 2.312 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.1% compared to the same period last year; the related cultural field achieved 1.0819 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.2%. By industry category, news information services achieved operating income of 471.6 billion yuan, an increase of 10.5% compared to the same period last year; content creation and production achieved 776.3 billion yuan, an increase of 7.5%; creative design services achieved 591.8 billion yuan, an increase of 8.6%; cultural communication channels achieved 420.6 billion yuan, an increase of 1.4%; cultural investment and operation achieved 11 billion yuan, a decrease of 0.2%; cultural and leisure services achieved 40.6 billion yuan, an increase of 4.1%; cultural auxiliary production and intermediary services achieved 367.9 billion yuan, an increase of 0.2%; cultural equipment production achieved 143.6 billion yuan, an increase of 3.3%; production of cultural consumer terminals achieved 570.4 billion yuan, an increase of 7.3%. By region, the eastern region achieved operating income of 2.7151 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.3% compared to the same period last year; the central region achieved 373.9 billion yuan, an increase of 4.1%; the western region achieved 272.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0%; the northeast region achieved 32.5 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8%. In the first quarter, cultural enterprises achieved a total profit of 274.4 billion yuan, an increase of 29.1% compared to the same period last year; the operating income profit margin was 8.09%, an increase of 1.43 percentage points compared to the same period last year. At the end of the first quarter, the total assets of cultural enterprises were 21.3346 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.6% compared to the same period last year; for every 100 yuan of assets, operating income was 63.6 yuan, a decrease of 0.3 yuan compared to the same period last year. This article is edited from the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics, GMTEight Editor: Li Fo.