National Bureau of Statistics: In the first three quarters of 2026, cultural enterprises achieved operating revenue of RMB10.821 trillion, up 4.3% year on year.

The National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that, based on a survey of 83,000 cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size nationwide (hereinafter referred to as "cultural enterprises"), in the first three quarters of 2026, cultural enterprises achieved operating revenue of RMB10.821 trillion, up 4.3% year on year on a comparable basis. Among them, 16 industry subcategories with relatively obvious characteristics of new cultural formats [2] achieved operating revenue of RMB5.3827 trillion, up 8.9% year on year, 4.6 percentage points faster than all cultural enterprises above designated size. By industry type, cultural manufacturing achieved operating revenue of RMB2.6744 trillion, down 0.2% year on year; cultural wholesale and retail trade RMB1.5769 trillion, down 0.1%; cultural services RMB6.5697 trillion, up 7.3%. By segment, the core cultural segment [3] achieved operating revenue of RMB7.5042 trillion, up 5.1% year on year; cultural-related segments RMB3.3168 trillion, up 2.4%. By industry category, news information services achieved operating revenue of RMB1.6337 trillion, up 7.3% year on year; content creation and production RMB2.5129 trillion, up 4.1%; creative design services RMB2.085 trillion, up 8.8%; cultural communication channels RMB1.078 trillion, down 1.9%; cultural investment and operations RMB41.2 billion, up 11.7%; cultural entertainment and leisure services RMB153.5 billion, up 0.3%; cultural auxiliary production and intermediary services RMB1.1673 trillion, up 4.7%; cultural equipment production RMB511.2 billion, up 5.3%; cultural consumer terminal production RMB1.6383 trillion, flat year on year. By region, cultural enterprises in the eastern region achieved operating revenue of RMB8.8123 trillion, up 5.0% year on year; the central region RMB1.1165 trillion, up 1.5%; the western region RMB804.4 billion, up 2.0%; the northeastern region RMB87.7 billion, down 5.5%. In the first three quarters, cultural enterprises achieved total profit of RMB831.7 billion, down 7.3% year on year; the operating revenue profit margin was 7.69%, down 0.96 percentage points year on year. At the end of the third quarter, total assets of cultural enterprises were RMB23.5484 trillion, up 6.0% year on year; operating revenue per RMB100 of assets was RMB62.0, down RMB1.6 year on year. This article is excerpted from the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics; edited by Xu Wenqiang for GMTEight.