In this Sept 12, 2017 photo, employees are seen working at a car general assembly line in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei province. (MU YU / XINHUA)
BEIJING - Profits of China's major industrial firms maintained a steady growth, but at a slower pace of 11.6 percent in the first quarter of 2018, data showed Friday.
The growth compares with a 16.1-percent increase registered for January-February.
In March alone, combined profits at industrial companies each with annual revenue of more than 20 million yuan (about US$3.2 million) amounted to 589.75 billion yuan, up 3.1 percent from one year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
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Among the 41 industries surveyed, 25 posted year-on-year profit growth during the first quarter.
Combined profits of the mining industry rose 36.1 percent during the period, manufacturing expanded 8.2 percent, while those of power generation, heating, fuel gas and water supply companies rose 30.4 percent.
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