BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Profits of China's major industrial firms declined 3 percent year on year in the first 10 months of the year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Sunday.
Industrial firms with annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan (about 2.8 million U.S. dollars) each saw their combined profits reach about 6.98 trillion yuan in the period, the NBS said. ■