BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- China’s culture and related industry enterprises realized operating revenue of some 6.36 trillion yuan in the first three quarters of 2018, up 9.3 percent year on year, according to National Bureau of Statistics.
The figure is based on 60,000 culture and related industry enterprises with main business revenue above 20 million yuan annually.
Specifically, seven out of nine categories of culture and related industries saw operating revenue increase during the period. Particularly, news and information service business generated revenue of 592.7 billion yuan in the first nine months, up 26.7 percent on year, while creative design services generated revenue of 756.5 billion yuan, up 18.7 percent on year. (Edited by Niu Huizhe, niuhuizhe@xinhua.org)