OREANDA-NEWS. January 29, 2013. Anhui's industrial companies netted a profit of 147 billion yuan (USD 23 billion) in 2012, up 11.3 percent from a year earlier, ranking fifth in China and second in the central China region, the provincial bureau of statistics said on Monday.

The last quarter saw higher industrial growth than any other periods.

Industrial income amounted to 2.8 trillion yuan all the year round, up 18.1 percent year-on-year, compared to 16.3 percent for the January - September period.

 Profits rose 11.8 percent to 254.3 billion yuan over a year ago. Such a rise was 7.3 percentage points higher than the first three quarters.

The growth rate in net profits was barely 2.3 percent year-on-year from January to September but soared to 11.3 percent, counting the fourth quarter.

Firms in 30 out of 39 categories of industry posted a net profit rise last year, with the electric and thermal power sector and the information technology, communications and electric device manufacturing sector experiencing a surge of 150 percent and 85.6 percent, respectively.