2024年前三个月，中国工业企业的利润同比增长4.3%，达到15055.305亿元人民币，远低于前一时期10.2%的增长。最新结果突显出，在房地产长期低迷、国内需求持续疲软和通货紧缩风险挥之不去的情况下，政府一直难以保持复苏势头。国有企业的利润下降（从1-2月的0.5%下降到-2.6%），而私营企业的利润大幅放缓（从12.7%下降到5.8%）。计算机业、通信业（82.5%）、有色金属冶炼和压延业（57.2%）、电力和热力生产业（47.5%）、汽车业（47.5%）、机械设备业（35.2%）、通用设备业（7.9%）以及石油和天然气业（3.8%）的利润有所增长。相比之下，非金属（-54.2%）、煤矿开采和洗选（-33.5%）、特种设备制造（-7.2%）和化工产品（-3.5%）的利润下降。与此同时，石油和煤炭由盈转亏。
Profits earned by China's industrial firms rose by 4.3% yoy to CNY 1,505.5305 billion in the first three months of 2024, much slower than a 10.2% jump in the prior period. The latest result underlined that the government has struggled to maintain a recovery momentum amid a prolonged property downturn, persistently weak domestic demand, and lingering deflation risks. Profits in state-owned companies fell (-2.6% vs 0.5% in January-February) while those in the private sector sharply slowed (5.8% vs 12.7%). Profits increased for the computer industry, communications (82.5%), non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling (57.2%), electric power and heat production (47.5%), cars (47.5%), machinery & equipment (35.2%), general equipment (7.9%), and oil and natural gas (3.8%). By contrast, profits fell for non-metallics (-54.2%), coal mining and washing (-33.5%), special equipment manufacturing (-7.2%), and chemical products (-3.5%). Meantime, petroleum, and coal turned from profit to loss.
