Core Insights - The cultural enterprises in China achieved a total operating revenue of 71,292 billion yuan in the first half of 2025, reflecting a year-on-year growth of 7.4% [1][2] - The 16 sub-sectors characterized by new cultural business models generated 31,564 billion yuan, growing by 13.6%, which is 6.2 percentage points faster than the overall growth of cultural enterprises [1][2] - The total profit of cultural enterprises reached 6,298 billion yuan, marking a significant increase of 19.3% compared to the previous year [2][6] Revenue Breakdown - By industry type, the cultural manufacturing sector generated 19,944 billion yuan, with a growth of 3.1%; the cultural wholesale and retail sector reached 12,130 billion yuan, growing by 4.6%; and the cultural service sector achieved 39,218 billion yuan, with a growth of 10.7% [1][4] - In terms of core and related cultural fields, the core cultural sector earned 48,445 billion yuan, growing by 10.0%, while the related cultural sector generated 22,847 billion yuan, with a growth of 2.5% [1][5] Industry Performance - The news information services sector reported an operating revenue of 9,867 billion yuan, growing by 10.8%; content creation and production reached 16,572 billion yuan, with an increase of 11.8%; and creative design services also grew by 11.8%, generating 12,533 billion yuan [2][5] - The cultural auxiliary production and intermediary services sector experienced a decline, with revenues of 7,647 billion yuan, down by 1.8% [2][5] Regional Performance - Eastern region cultural enterprises generated 57,022 billion yuan, growing by 7.7%; the central region achieved 7,935 billion yuan, with a growth of 6.0%; the western region reached 5,718 billion yuan, growing by 7.3%; and the northeastern region reported 617 billion yuan, with a growth of 4.8% [2][5] Profitability and Assets - The operating profit margin for cultural enterprises was 8.83%, an increase of 0.88 percentage points year-on-year [2][8] - Total assets of cultural enterprises at the end of the first half of 2025 amounted to 220,239 billion yuan, reflecting an 8.0% increase compared to the previous year [2][6]

Group 1: Production and Operating Conditions - The cultural and related industries achieved a record revenue of 19.1423 trillion yuan in 2024, marking a 7.1% increase from the previous year [2] - The cultural service sector generated 1.09134 trillion yuan, growing by 7.4% and accounting for 57.0% of total cultural industry revenue [2] - Nine major sectors within the cultural industry saw revenue growth, with notable increases in cultural equipment production (11.2%), news information services (8.6%), and content creation (8.4%) [2] Group 2: Asset and Profitability Conditions - The total assets of the cultural industry reached 34.3987 trillion yuan at the end of 2024, reflecting a 5.0% increase year-on-year [3] - The cultural industry generated a total profit of 1.7737 trillion yuan, up 7.9% from the previous year, with large-scale cultural enterprises contributing significantly to this growth [4] - The profit margin for the cultural industry was 9.3%, a slight increase of 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous year [4] Group 3: Technological Innovation and Investment Conditions - Research and development (R&D) expenditure in the cultural industry amounted to 162.5 billion yuan, representing a 1.7% increase [5] - The revenue from new cultural business models reached 666 billion yuan, growing by 12.4%, which is 5.3 percentage points higher than the overall cultural industry growth rate [6] - Fixed asset investment in the cultural industry increased by 2.9%, with significant growth in sectors such as cultural consumer terminal production (16.3%) and news information services (11.8%) [7]