Profits at China's industrial firms returned to growth in April, adding signs that the world's second-largest economy is on firmer footing.
中国工业企业的利润在4月份恢复增长，这进一步表明这个世界第二大经济体的基础更加稳固。

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday that industrial enterprises with annual revenue of at least 20 million yuan ($2.8 million) saw their total profits surge 4 percent year-on-year in April after a 3.5 percent decline in March.
国家统计局周一的数据显示，年收入在2000万元人民币（280万美元）以上的工业企业的利润总额在3月份下降3.5%后，4月份同比增长4%。

For the January-April period, China's industrial profits increased 4.3 percent year-on-year, flat with the figure in the first quarter.
1-4月，中国工业利润同比增长4.3%，与一季度持平。

NBS statistician Yu Weining said the industrial profits improved in April with the macroeconomic policy measures taking effect gradually, and also continued recovery in market demand and improvement in industrial production.
国家统计局统计司司长于伟宁表示，4月份工业利润的增长与宏观调控政策措施逐步见效、市场需求持续回升和工业生产改善有关。 

Meanwhile, Yu noted that the broader economy is still facing pressures from the lack of effective demand and a complicated and grimmer external environment, calling for further moves to consolidate the foundation for recovery.
同时，于伟宁指出，当前经济运行仍面临有效需求不足、外部环境复杂严峻的压力，需要进一步夯实复苏基础。

In the next step, more efforts should be made to front-load macroeconomic policy support early, move faster to develop new quality productive forces, drive industrial upgrading, expand effective demand and tackle issues faced by enterprises, Yu said.
于伟宁说，下一步，应加大力度，及早将宏观经济政策支持前置，加快发展新的优质生产力，推动产业升级，扩大有效需求，解决企业面临的问题。 

Among the 41 major industrial sectors surveyed, 31 saw year-on-year growth in their profits in the first four months.
在调查的41个主要工业行业中，31个行业前四个月利润同比增长。

In the first four months, profits recorded by industrial firms that offer supplies of electricity, heat, gas and water grew by 36.9 percent year-on-year, and profits recorded by manufacturing companies rose by 8 percent. Meanwhile, profits recorded by mining firms shrank 18.6 percent.
前四个月，提供电力、热力、天然气和水供应的工业企业的利润同比增长36.9%，制造业企业的利润增长8%。与此同时，矿业公司的利润下降了18.6%。