Central enterprises witness all-round operational increase

According to the statistics released by State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the operational performances of central enterprises have witnessed an overall increase in the first quarter this year, achieving the added value worth of 429.8 billion yuan, an increase of 17.8 percent; realising sales income worth of 1,422.69 billion yuan, up 22.7 percent; and achieving profits of 140.41 billion yuan, up 31.2 percent. The increase of profits is much higher than that of the sales income, and growth of sales income is much more than that of business operation.

Apart from that, from January to March this year, thanks to the intensified energy-saving measures central enterprises have adopted, the energy-consuming indexes in the steel and nonferrous metal enterprises kept decreasing, works towards key technological breakthroughs have yielded major positive results, and the risk resistance of enterprises was further strengthened.

By People's Daily Online