China's internet firms log robust profit growth in Q1
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BEIJING -- China's large internet companies and related services companies saw their profits expand robustly in the first quarter of the year, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed.
Profits of these companies surged 55.2 percent year-on-year to 28.28 billion yuan ($4.08 billion) during the period, MIIT data showed.
The combined business revenue of these companies stood at 302 billion yuan, up 1.6 percent year-on-year.
Large internet companies and related services companies are those with an annual business revenue of at least 20 million yuan.