National Bureau of Statistics: Revenue of cultural enterprises grew steadily in the first three quarters.

On October 30, Pan Xuhua, statistician of the Department of Social, Science and Technology Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the data of national cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size in the first three quarters of 2026. In the first three quarters, all regions and departments earnestly implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, improved the cultural industry system and market system, implemented proactive cultural and economic policies, continuously promoted innovation in cultural industry formats, focused on enriching the supply of cultural products and services, the cultural market was prosperous and active, the operating revenue of cultural enterprises maintained steady growth, and new cultural industry formats continued to play a leading role. The operating revenue of cultural enterprises above designated size maintained steady expansion. In the first three quarters, cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size nationwide (hereinafter referred to as "cultural enterprises") achieved operating revenue of RMB10.821 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%. The original text is as follows: Revenue of cultural enterprises grew steadily in the first three quarters Interpretation by Pan Xuhua, statistician of the Department of Social, Science and Technology Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, of the data of national cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size in the first three quarters of 2026 In the first three quarters, all regions and departments earnestly implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, improved the cultural industry system and market system, implemented proactive cultural and economic policies, continuously promoted innovation in cultural industry formats, focused on enriching the supply of cultural products and services, the cultural market was prosperous and active, the operating revenue of cultural enterprises maintained steady growth, and new cultural industry formats continued to play a leading role. The operating revenue of cultural enterprises above designated size maintained steady expansion. In the first three quarters, cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size nationwide (hereinafter referred to as "cultural enterprises") achieved operating revenue of RMB10.821 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%. By field, the cultural core field achieved operating revenue of RMB7.5042 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. Among them, the operating revenue of three major industry categories, namely cultural investment and operation, creative design services, and news information services, achieved relatively rapid growth, with growth rates of 11.7%, 8.8%, and 7.3% respectively. The leading and driving role of new cultural industry formats was prominent. In the first three quarters, 16 small industry categories with relatively obvious characteristics of new cultural industry formats achieved operating revenue of RMB5.3827 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 8.9%, 4.6 percentage points faster than that of cultural enterprises above designated size. The contribution rate of new cultural industry formats to the growth of operating revenue of cultural enterprises above designated size was 98.9%, and the development momentum of new cultural industry formats continued to be released. Among them, the operating revenue of small industry categories such as digital publishing, copyright and cultural software services, internet advertising services, manufacturing of intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles for entertainment, and manufacturing of wearable intelligent cultural equipment achieved double-digit growth, with growth rates of 37.5%, 29.3%, 14.6%, 13.2%, and 12.0% respectively. The development of cultural service industry continued to improve. In the first three quarters, the cultural service industry achieved operating revenue of RMB6.5697 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%, 3.0 percentage points faster than that of cultural enterprises above designated size. The operating revenue of cultural service industry enterprises accounted for 60.7% of that of cultural enterprises above designated size, an increase of 1.7 percentage points year-on-year. Among them, the operating revenue of small industry categories such as cultural investment and asset management, and cultural activity services grew rapidly, with growth rates of 23.5% and 15.3% respectively. This article is edited from the National Bureau of Statistics, GMTEight editor: Chen Wenfang.