{"id":18580,"date":"2026-07-27T07:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T02:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18580"},"modified":"2026-07-27T07:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T02:06:33","slug":"chinas-industrial-profit-growth-moderates-amid-patchy-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18580","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s industrial profit growth moderates amid patchy recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->BEIJING, July 27 (Reuters) &#8211; Profits at China&#8217;s industrial firms grew at a solid, though slower, pace, as resilient exports \u200chelped cushion sluggish domestic demand, highlighting the economy&#8217;s uneven recovery \u200cdespite policymakers&#8217; efforts to spur consumption.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Exports and industrial production have done much of \u200bthe heavy lifting for the world&#8217;s second-largest economy. Persistent weakness in consumption and the property sector, however, helped drag second-quarter growth to its slowest pace in more than three years, keeping calls alive for \u200cfurther policy support to \u2060address economic imbalances.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Industrial profit growth eased to 15.1% in June from 21.1% in May, while first-half profits rose \u206018.7% from a year earlier, compared with an 18.8% increase in the January-to-May period, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed \u200bon Monday.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The \u200bfigures add to evidence of a \u200btwo-speed recovery in which \u200cmanufacturers have benefited from robust overseas demand, while sectors tied to domestic spending continue to struggle.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Underlining strains in the domestic market, automobile manufacturing profits fell 19.5% in the first half of the year, NBS data showed, as car sales declined for a ninth consecutive \u200cmonth in June.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Attention is now turning to \u200bthe Communist Party&#8217;s Politburo meeting at \u200bthe end of July, a \u200bkey policy-setting gathering where investors will look for \u200csignals on additional support measures.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Expectations for \u200ba broad-based stimulus \u200bpackage have been tempered, however, by resilient exports and Beijing&#8217;s preference for targeted easing.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Industrial profit figures cover firms with annual \u200brevenue of at \u200cleast 20 million yuan ($2.95 million) from their main operations.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->($1 = 6.7728 \u200bChinese yuan)<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->(Reporting by Qiaoyi Li and Ryan Woo; Editing \u200bby Thomas Derpinghaus and Jacqueline Wong)<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, July 27 (Reuters) &#8211; Profits at China&#8217;s industrial firms grew at a solid, though slower, pace, as resilient exports \u200chelped cushion sluggish domestic demand, highlighting the economy&#8217;s uneven recovery \u200cdespite policymakers&#8217; efforts to spur consumption. 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