According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 30th, in 2023, cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size in China achieved operating income of 12951.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2% compared to the previous year. Zhang Peng, Senior Statistician at the Social Science and Culture Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, pointed out that in 2023, various regions and departments will accelerate the improvement of modern cultural industry and market systems, actively promote the continuous recovery and improvement of cultural enterprise development, enhance the supporting role of cultural service industry, rapidly recover the entertainment and leisure industry, and have a significant driving effect on the new cultural industry. The operating efficiency of cultural enterprises will continue to improve. The data shows that the supporting role of the cultural service industry is steadily increasing, and the entertainment and leisure industry is rapidly recovering. In 2023, the cultural service industry achieved a revenue of 6773.9 billion yuan, an increase of 14.1% compared to the previous year, which is significantly faster than the overall level of service industry enterprises above designated size nationwide; The proportion of cultural service industry revenue to all cultural enterprises above designated size is 52.3%, which is 2.7 percentage points higher than the previous year; The contribution rate to the revenue growth of all cultural enterprises above designated size is 85.4%. With the effective implementation of policies to expand domestic demand and promote consumption, the cultural consumption demand of residents has been continuously released, effectively promoting the recovery and development of the entertainment and leisure industry. In 2023, the cultural, entertainment, and leisure service industry achieved a revenue of 175.8 billion yuan, a decrease of 14.7% from the previous year to an increase of 63.2%, with an average growth of 18% over the past two years. At the same time, new momentum in the cultural industry is constantly being released, and the driving effect of new cultural formats is evident. In 2023, the 16 industry subcategories with obvious characteristics of new cultural formats achieved a revenue of 5239.5 billion yuan, an increase of 15.3% compared to the previous year, which is 7.1 percentage points faster than all cultural enterprises above designated size. The contribution rate of the cultural new industry to the growth of operating revenue of all cultural enterprises above designated size is 70.9%. In addition, the operational efficiency of cultural enterprises continues to improve. In 2023, cultural enterprises above designated size achieved a profit of 1156.6 billion yuan, an increase of 30.9% compared to the previous year, with an average increase of 14.5% over the past two years; The operating profit margin was 8.93%, an increase of 1.55 percentage points from the previous year. (Lai Xin She)