Editor's note: Over 1,000 companies listed on Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges had released their interim reports as of Aug 17, accounting for about half of all listed companies.

The total revenue of the 1,002 companies that have disclosed their interim reports reached 1.84 trillion yuan ($288.04 billion), up 31.43 percent year-on-year. They made a total operating profit of 244.29 billion yuan, an increase of 39.29 percent from the same period last year and a total net profit of 188.21 billion yuan ,up 37.83 percent from the 136.55 billion yuan a year ago.

Among the 1,002 companies, 731 firms saw a positive year-on-year growth in net profits and 35 firms turned from loss to profiting, accounting for 76.45 percent of the total. A total of 299 companies realized a year-on-year net profit increase of over 50 percent and 166 companies achieved an increase of over 100 percent. A total of 81 companies saw their net profits decrease by over 50 percent year-on-year.