China's industrial profits up 10.3 pct in 2018

BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Profits of China's major industrial firms grew 10.3 percent year on year in 2018, but lower than the 21-percent expansion for 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.

Profits fell 1.9 percent year on year last December, NBS data showed.