Industrial Profits Decreased by 8.1 percent in the First Seven Months of 2020

From January to July, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide reached 3,102.29 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.1 percent (calculated according to the comparable caliber, see Note 2 for details), and the decrease rate was 4.7 percentage points lower than that in January to June.

From January to July, the total profits of state-owned holding enterprises were 783.81 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 23.5 percent; the total profits of joint-stock enterprises were 2,209.06 billion yuan, down 9.0 percent; the total profits of foreign-funded and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan invested enterprises were 858.68 billion yuan, down 3.4 percent; and the total profits of private enterprises were 888.34 billion yuan, down 5.3 percent.

From January to July, the total profit of mining industry was 195.38 billion yuan, down 41.6 percent year-on-year; the total profit of manufacturing industry was 2,625.85 billion yuan, down 4.5 percent; the total profit of electric power, heat, gas and water production and supply industry was 281.05 billion yuan, down 3.3 percent.

From January to July, among the 41 major industrial sectors, the total profits of 12 industries increased year on year, while 29 industries decreased. The profits of major industries are as follows: the total profits of computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 28.7 percent, special equipment manufacturing industry increased by 24.1 percent, agricultural and sideline food processing industry increased by 20.1 percent, general equipment manufacturing industry increased by 3.2 percent, oil and gas exploitation industry decreased by 72.1 percent, coal mining and washing industry decreased by 32.8 percent, ferrous metal smelting and processing industry decreased by 32.0 percent, and chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry decreased by 27.6 percent, nonferrous metal smelting and processing industry decreased by 12.7 percent, non-metallic mineral products industry decreased by 6.2 percent, automobile manufacturing industry fell by 5.9 percent, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry dropped by 4.0 percent, electric power and heat production and supply industry decreased by 3.6 percent, textile industry decreased by 3.0 percent, and oil, coal and other fuel processing industries changed from profit to loss.

From January to July, the operating revenue of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 55.06 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.9 percent; the operating costs of 46.49 trillion yuan, a decrease of 3.6 percent; the profit margin of operating income was 5.63 percent, a year-on-year decrease of 0.26 percentage point.

At the end of July, the assets of industrial enterprises above designated size totaled 120.89 trillion yuan, up 6.6 percent year on year; liabilities totaled 68.50 trillion yuan, up 6.5 percent; owner's equity totaled 52.39 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.7 percent; the asset liability ratio was 56.7 percent, unchanged year-on-year.

At the end of July, the accounts receivable of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 15.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.0 percent over the same period of last year, and the inventory of finished products was 4.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.4 percent.

From January to July, the cost of industrial enterprises above designated size per 100 yuan of operating income was 84.44 yuan, an increase of 0.25 yuan on a year-on-year basis; the cost of operating income per hundred yuan was 8.99 yuan, an increase of 0.19 yuan year-on-year.

At the end of July, the operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size per 100 yuan of assets was 80.0 yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.6 yuan; the per capita operating income was 1.316 million yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 1000 yuan; the turnover days of finished goods inventory was 19.7 days, with a year-on-year increase of 2.1 days; the average recovery period of accounts receivable was 56.0 days, an increase of 8.4 days.

In July, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 589.51 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.6 percent, 8.1 percentage points faster than that in June.

Note : 1.Due to the overlap of economic type grouping, the total is not equal to the total of sub-items.

2.Due to the rounding-off reasons, the subentries may not add up to the aggregate totals, no adjustment.

Note : 1. Due to the rounding-off reasons, the subentries may not add up to the aggregate totals, no adjustment.

Annotations:

I. Explanatory Notes:

1. Total Profits: refer to the surplus of various revenue deducting various costs in the production process of enterprises, reflecting the total profit and loss in the report period.

2. Operating income: refers to the total amount of revenue of enterprises recognized by the principal business and other business operations.

3. Operating costs: refers to the total costs of enterprises incurred by the principal business and other business operations.

4. Total Assets: refers to the resources which are gotten from past transactions or events, owned or controlled by enterprises, and expected to bring economic benefits to the enterprises.

5. Total Liabilities: refers to the current obligation generated from past transactions or events, and expected an outflow of economic benefits from the enterprises.

6. Total Owners' Equity: refers to the residual interests after deducting liabilities, which belongs to the enterprise’s owners.

7. Accounts Receivable: refers to the amount that should be collected by an enterprise due to its business activities, such as selling goods and providing services, measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet date.

In the Notice on Revising and Printing the Format of Financial Statements of General Enterprises in 2019 (FA [2019] No. 6), the Ministry of Finance revised the format of financial statements of general enterprises. The items of "notes receivable and accounts receivable" are no longer listed in the balance sheet of enterprises, but "notes receivable" and "accounts receivable" are listed respectively. In order to be consistent with the financial statements of the enterprise, from 2020, the monthly "notes receivable and accounts receivable" data will be stopped and the "accounts receivable" data will be released instead. Relevant indicators shall be adjusted accordingly.

8. Finished Goods: refers to manufactured products which are ready for sale by the end of report period.

9. Profit Rate of Revenue from Principal Activities = total profits / revenue from principal activities × 100%, unit: %.

10. Costs for per-hundred-yuan Turnover of Principal Activities = the costs of revenue from principal activities / the revenue from principal activities ×100, unit: yuan.

11. Expenses for per-hundred-yuan Turnover of Principal Activities = (selling expenses + administrative expenses + financial expenses) / the revenue from principal activities ×100, unit: yuan.

12. Revenue from Activities Brought by per Hundred-yuan Assets = the revenue from activities / average assets / the cumulative number of months × 12 × 100, unit: yuan.

13. Revenue from Activities per Capita = revenue from activities / average number of employment / the cumulative number of months × 12, unit: 10 thousand yuan/ person.

14. Asset-Liability Ratio = total liabilities / total assets × 100%, unit: %.

15. Turnover Days of Finished Goods = 360 × average finished goods / revenue from activities × the cumulative number of months / 12, unit: days.

16. Days Sales Outstanding (the number of days on average a company takes to collect its accounts receivable) = 360 ×average accounts receivable / revenue from activities ×the cumulative number of months / 12, unit: days.

17. In the columns of increase rate year-on-year of the three tables above, the “note” refers to negative total profits in the same period last year, which means loss; the positive value refers to a year-on-year increase of profits; the negative value which is greater than or equal to -100% refers to a year-on-year decrease of profits; the value less than -100% indicates turning gain in the same period last year into loss in current period; and the value of 0 indicates that the profits remain at the same level year-on-year.

II. The growth rates of the total profits and revenue from activities of industrial enterprises above designated size are calculated on a comparable basis. There are incomparable factors between the data in the reporting period and the same indicator data published in the previous year, which cannot be directly compared to calculate the growth rate. The main reasons are: (1) According to the statistical system, the survey coverage of industrial enterprises above designated size is adjusted regularly every year. Each year, some companies will be included in the survey after having reached designated size, and some will exit the survey due to their smaller size, and there are also influence of new built and starting enterprises, bankruptcies, and companies that have been suspended or sold. (2) By strengthening the statistical law enforcement, the enterprises found in the statistical law enforcement inspection that do not meet the industrial statistics requirements above designated size have been cleared, and relevant bases have been revised in accordance with regulations. (3) Strengthen data quality management and eliminate the cross-regional and cross-industry repeated calculation.

III. Statistical Coverage

Industrial enterprises above the designated size, which refer to industrial enterprises with revenue from principal activities over 20 million yuan.

IV. Data Collection

The Financial Report of Enterprises above the Designated Size conducts complete survey by month (the data on January are not required to report).

V. Industrial Classification Standard

The Industrial Classification for National Economic Activities (GB/T4754-2017) was implemented, please refer to http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/hyflbz.