Yu Weining, the Chief Statistician of the Industrial Department at the National Bureau of Statistics, highlighted key trends while interpreting the profit data of industrial enterprises for the period from January to September 2026. He noted that high-end manufacturing continues to flourish, the formation of new quality productive forces is accelerating, and the industrial structure of enterprises above a designated size is undergoing continuous optimization.
The data reveals that from January to September, the profits of high-tech manufacturing industries above a designated size surged by 52% year-on-year. This growth rate is 36.5 percentage points higher than that of all industrial enterprises above a designated size. High-tech manufacturing accounted for 25.5% of the total profits of industrial enterprises above a designated size, marking a 6.2 percentage point increase from the previous year.
In terms of specific industries, the construction of computing power and data centers has been a major driver. It has propelled the profits of the optical fiber and optical cable manufacturing industries to increase by 5.7 times and 1.1 times, respectively. Additionally, multiple sub-sectors within the computer and server industrial chains, as well as in the specialized instrument manufacturing field, have also experienced significant profit growth.