National Bureau of Statistics: The operating income of cultural and related industry enterprises above a certain scale nationwide in the first quarter increased by 6.4%.

On April 29, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, a survey of 82,000 cultural and related industry enterprises nationwide showed that in the first quarter of 2026, cultural enterprises achieved operating income of 3.5569 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.4% compared to the same period last year in comparable terms. Among them, 16 industry sub-categories with clear characteristics of new cultural formats achieved operating income of 1.6782 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.2% compared to the same period last year, 4.8 percentage points faster than all cultural enterprises. Pan Xuhua, a statistician from the National Bureau of Statistics' Department of Social Sciences and Culture, interpreted the data of national scale cultural and related industry enterprises in the first quarter of 2026, stating that the cultural service industry achieved rapid growth. In the first quarter, the cultural service industry achieved operating income of 2.0715 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.9% compared to the same period last year. The contribution of cultural service industry enterprises to the growth of operating income of scale cultural enterprises was 86.6%, driving an increase of 5.6 percentage points in operating income of scale cultural enterprises. The cultural manufacturing industry and cultural wholesale and retail industry achieved operating income of 883 billion yuan and 602.4 billion yuan respectively, an increase of 1.5% and 2.6% compared to the same period last year. The full text is as follows: In the first quarter of 2026, national scale cultural and related industry enterprises achieved a 6.4% increase in operating income According to a survey of 82,000 large-scale cultural and related industry enterprises nationwide (referred to as "cultural enterprises" below), in the first quarter of 2026, cultural enterprises achieved operating income of 3.5569 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.4% compared to the same period last year in comparable terms. Among them, 16 industry sub-categories with clear characteristics of new cultural formats achieved operating income of 1.6782 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.2% compared to the same period last year, which was 4.8 percentage points faster than all large-scale cultural enterprises. In terms of industry types, the cultural manufacturing industry achieved operating income of 883 billion yuan, an increase of 1.5% compared to the same period last year; cultural wholesale and retail industry 602.4 billion yuan, an increase of 2.6%; cultural service industry 2.0715 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.9%. In terms of fields, the core cultural sector achieved operating income of 2.5193 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.2% compared to the same period last year; the related cultural field 1.0377 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.2%. In terms of industry categories, the news and information services achieved operating income of 519.8 billion yuan, an increase of 10.3% compared to the same period last year; content creation and production 841.2 billion yuan, an increase of 10.7%; creative design services 677.1 billion yuan, an increase of 12.0%; cultural communication channels 425.3 billion yuan, an increase of 1.4%; cultural investment and operation 11.5 billion yuan, an increase of 9.1%; cultural entertainment and leisure services 44.3 billion yuan, an increase of 8.3%; cultural auxiliary production and intermediary services 361.5 billion yuan, an increase of 1.3%; cultural equipment production 151.3 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2%; cultural consumption terminal production 524.9 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.5%. In terms of regions, cultural enterprises in the eastern region achieved operating income of 2.8917 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.9% compared to the same period last year; in the central region 375.4 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8%; in the western region 260.5 billion yuan, an increase of 6.4%; in the northeastern region 29.3 billion yuan, a decrease of 8.3%. In the first quarter, cultural enterprises achieved a total profit of 257.2 billion yuan, a decrease of 5.6% compared to the same period last year; the profit margin of operating income was 7.23%, a decrease of 0.92 percentage points compared to the same period last year. At the end of the first quarter, the total assets of cultural enterprises were 22.9829 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.1% compared to the same period last year; for every 100 yuan of assets, the operating income achieved was 61.9 yuan, a decrease of 1.0 yuan compared to the same period last year. In the first quarter, the production and operation of cultural enterprises stabilized and improved - Pan Xuhua, a statistician from the National Bureau of Statistics' Department of Social Sciences and Culture, interprets the data of national scale cultural and related industry enterprises in the first quarter of 2026 In the first quarter, various regions and departments conscientiously implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, focused on enriching cultural benefits for the people, optimizing the supply of cultural products, activating the potential of cultural consumption, and innovating cultural formats and scenes with precision measures, continuously improving the cultural industry system and market system, and the production and operation of cultural enterprises stabilized and improved. Large-scale cultural enterprises achieved operating income of over 3.5 trillion yuan. In the first quarter, national large-scale cultural and related industry enterprises achieved operating income of 3.5569 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.4% compared to the same period last year. In terms of fields, the core cultural field achieved operating income of 2.5193 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.2% compared to the same period last year, with three industry categories - creative design services, content creation and production, news and information services - achieving double-digit growth in operating income, with growth rates of 12.0%, 10.7%, and 10.3% respectively. The new cultural format industries continue to play a leading role. In the first quarter, 16 industry sub-categories with clear characteristics of new cultural formats achieved operating income of 1.6782 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.2% compared to the same period last year, which was 4.8 percentage points faster than large-scale cultural enterprises. The contribution rate of cultural new format industries to the growth of operating income of large-scale cultural enterprises was 79.0%, driving an increase of 5.1 percentage points in the operating income of large-scale cultural enterprises. Among them, six industry sub-categories - entertainment with intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles manufacturing, digital publishing, internet advertising services, other digital cultural content services, multimedia gaming animation and digital publishing software development, and other internet information services - achieved double-digit growth in operating income. The cultural service industry achieved rapid growth. In the first quarter, the cultural service industry achieved operating income of 2.0715 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.9% compared to the same period last year. The proportion of operating income of cultural service industry enterprises to large-scale cultural enterprises was 58.2%, an increase of 1.8 percentage points compared to the same period last year. The contribution rate of cultural service industry enterprises to the growth of operating income of large-scale cultural enterprises was 86.6%, driving an increase of 5.6 percentage points in the operating income of large-scale cultural enterprises. The cultural manufacturing industry and cultural wholesale and retail industry achieved operating income of 883 billion yuan and 602.4 billion yuan respectively, an increase of 1.5% and 2.6% compared to the same period last year.