China's central SOEs report 135 bln yuan profits in first two months

2010-03-19 13:59:45 GMT2010-03-19 21:59:45 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- China's 127 centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) reported total gross profits of 134.8 billion yuan (19.77 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months, up 121 percent year on year, said a statement on Friday.

According to the statement posted on the website of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), SOE operating revenues rose by 52.1 percent from a year earlier to 2.18 trillion yuan in January and February, and the tax paid rose by 43.2 percent to 221.72 billion yuan.

Wang Zhigang, a researcher with the SASAC, said the big year-on-year increases were mainly attributable to poor performances in the same period last year, and were partially boosted by the overall economic situation and Spring Festival spending.

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