Profits earned by China industrial firms rose 6.3 percent in June from a year earlier to 502.4 billion yuan ($81.9 billion), easing from a year-on-year growth of 15.5 percent in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday.
Industrial profits totaled 2.6 trillion yuan in the first half of 2013, up 11.1 percent from a year earlier, the bureau said in a statement published on its website, www.stats.gov.cn.
Among the 41 industries tracked, 30 posted profit growth and eight reported a profit drop in the first half of this year compared with the year earlier period, it said.
The figures come after the HSBC/Markit flash purchasing managers index, the earliest indicator of China’s industrial activity, showing activity slowed to an 11-month low in July as new orders faltered and the job market darkened.
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