-- The total profits of China's industrial enterprises in the first quarter jumped 15.5% year on year to 1.696 trillion yuan, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday.
Profits in the mining industry in the period between January and March rose 16.2% from a year earlier to 256.33 billion yuan, while that of the manufacturing industry climbed 19.1% to 1.238 billion yuan.
The utilities industry's profits slipped 3.2% year on year to 201.3 billion yuan.
Moreover, the profits of the technology industry and the non-ferrous metal industry both rose 1.2 times. The chemical industry's profit jumped 54.5% from a year earlier and the coal mining industry inched 6.7% higher.
Profits within the petroleum and coal industry swung from loss to profit, but the oil and gas extraction industry slipped 1.4%.
Other industries also fell, such as the electricity and heat industry ant the agricultural industry, which dropped 3.4% and 6%, respectively.