CCTV News: Pan Xuhua, a statistician from the Department of Social Science and Culture of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the data of cultural and related industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide in the first half of 2026.
In the first half of the year, all regions and departments conscientiously implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, actively promoted the implementation of several economic policies for high-quality cultural development, promoted the quality and efficiency of the cultural industry, and focused on expanding the consumption of cultural products and services. The operating income of cultural enterprises achieved steady growth, and the new cultural industry showed vigorous vitality.
The operating income of cultural enterprises above designated size has grown steadily.In the first half of the year, cultural and related industrial enterprises above designated size across the country (hereinafter referred to as "cultural enterprises") achieved operating income of 7.2026 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6% over the same period last year.Looking at different fields, the core cultural field achieved operating income of 5.0472 billion yuan, an increase of 5.5% over the same period last year.Among them, the operating income of three major industry categories, including cultural investment and operations, news information services, and creative design services, achieved rapid growth, with growth rates of 10.0%, 9.2%, and 9.2% respectively.
The new cultural business industry has strong development momentum.In the first half of the year, 16 sub-categories of industries with obvious new cultural business formats achieved operating income of 3,523.9 billion yuan, an increase of 9.6% over the same period last year, 5.0 percentage points faster than that of cultural enterprises above designated size, driving the operating income of cultural enterprises above designated size to grow by 4.5 percentage points.Among them, the operating income of six industry subcategories, including digital publishing, copyright and cultural software services, entertainment intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturing, Internet advertising services, other cultural digital content services, and other Internet information services, achieved double-digit growth, with growth rates of 33.2%, 22.2%, 17.7%, 14.9%, 12.1%, and 10.4% respectively.
The cultural service industry plays an important supporting role.In the first half of the year, the cultural service industry achieved operating income of 4,323.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1% over the same period last year, 3.5 percentage points faster than the cultural enterprises above designated size.The operating income of cultural service enterprises accounted for 60.0% of the cultural enterprises above designated size, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from the same period last year, driving the operating income of cultural enterprises above designated size to grow by 4.7 percentage points.Among them, the operating income of small categories such as cultural investment and asset management, cultural activity services and other industries achieved rapid growth, with growth rates of 21.5% and 19.0% respectively.The cultural manufacturing, cultural wholesale and retail industries achieved operating income of 1,785.1 billion yuan and 1,094 billion yuan respectively.
