[National Bureau of Statistics: Profits from the raw material manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 44.9% year-on-year from January to September] On October 27, Yu Weining, chief statistician of the Industrial Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, interpreted the profit data of industrial enterprises from January to September 2026 and said that the raw material manufacturing industry achieved rapid growth. From January to September, the profits of the raw material manufacturing industry above designated size increased by 44.9% year-on-year, driving the profits of all industrial enterprises above designated size to increase by 5.9 percentage points. From an industry perspective, artificial intelligence, new energy and other fields have strong demand for basic metal products such as copper and aluminum, driving profits in the nonferrous industry to grow by 79.7%. The rise in international crude oil prices has promoted the improvement of profits in related industries. Among them, the chemical industry's profits increased by 49.2%; the petroleum processing industry turned losses into profits year-on-year, achieving a total profit of 84.22 billion yuan.