Economics

Chinese Industrial Companies’ Profit Grows for Fourth Month

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Profits at Chinese industrial enterprises grew for a fourth consecutive month, as the country’s factories maintained momentum following the pandemic shutdown.

Industrial profits rose 19% in August, after July’s 19.6% increase, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Sunday. For the first eight months of the year, it was still down 4.4% from a year earlier.