National Bureau of Statistics interpretation: the development of cultural enterprises above a certain scale in 2025 is stable and moving in a positive direction.

National Bureau of Statistics, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, statistician Pan Xuhua interprets the data of cultural and related industries enterprises above designated size in 2025. The operating efficiency of cultural enterprises has steadily improved, with total profits steadily increasing. In 2025, cultural enterprises above designated size achieved a total profit of 1.3763 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.5% over the previous year, and the operating income profit margin was 9.05%. Looking at the 43 industry categories, 40 industry categories were profitable. Among them, the digital content services, handicraft sales, and advertising services categories played a significant role in driving the total profits of cultural enterprises above the designated size. Development of Cultural Enterprises above Designated Size in 2025 Keeps Improving - Statistician Pan Xuhua of the National Bureau of Statistics, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, interprets the data of national cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size in 2025 In 2025, various regions and departments thoroughly implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, deepened the reform of cultural system and mechanisms, promoted deep integration of industries, and promoted the flourishing development of new formats, with cultural industry development steadily improving, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality, and continuing to empower the high-quality development of the economy and society. The production and operation of cultural enterprises above designated size achieved rapid growth, and the scale of operating income achieved a new breakthrough. In 2025, the total operating income of national cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size (hereinafter referred to as "cultural enterprises") reached 15.2135 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.0451 trillion yuan over the previous year, an increase of 7.4%. Among them, the cultural core field achieved operating income of 10.3181 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.5% over the previous year. Three industry categories such as content creation production, news information services, and creative design services achieved double-digit growth in operating income, with growth rates of 13.5%, 13.2%, and 12.3% respectively. The effectiveness of digital technology empowering the cultural industry is significant, and new formats of cultural industries are developing rapidly. In 2025, 16 industry subcategories with obvious characteristics of new cultural formats achieved operating income of 6.8253 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.3% over the previous year, faster than cultural enterprises above designated size by 6.9 percentage points. The contribution rate of new cultural format industries to the growth of operating income of cultural enterprises above designated size was 81.6%, driving an increase of 6.0 percentage points in the operating income of cultural enterprises above designated size. Among them, eight industry subcategories, such as entertainment with intelligent drones manufacturing, other cultural digital content services, internet advertising services, multimedia games animation and digital publishing software development, animation game digital content services, internet other information services, digital publishing, other cultural arts industries, achieved double-digit growth in operating income. The structure of the cultural industry continues to optimize, and the support role of cultural services is enhanced. In 2025, the cultural service industry achieved operating income of 8.5811 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.0% over the previous year. The proportion of cultural service industry enterprises' operating income in cultural enterprises above designated size was 56.4%, an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the previous year. The contribution rate of cultural service industry enterprises to the growth of operating income of cultural enterprises above designated size was 88.3%, driving an increase of 6.5 percentage points in the operating income of cultural enterprises above designated size. The cultural manufacturing industry and cultural wholesale and retail industry achieved operating incomes of 4.1058 trillion yuan and 2.5267 trillion yuan respectively, an increase of 0.6% and 4.0% over the previous year. The operating efficiency of cultural enterprises has steadily improved, with total profits steadily increasing. In 2025, cultural enterprises above designated size achieved a total profit of 1.3763 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.5% over the previous year, and the operating income profit margin was 9.05%. Looking at the 43 industry categories, 40 industry categories were profitable. Among them, the digital content services, handicraft sales, and advertising services categories played a significant role in driving the total profits of cultural enterprises above the designated size. This article is selected from the National Bureau of Statistics, by GMTEight Editor: Li Fo.