An industrial robot works on an intelligent production line of Wuhu Ecotec Power System Co., Ltd. in Fanchang economic development zone of Wuhu, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Xiao Benxiang/Xinhua)

BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Profits of China's major industrial firms increased 15.5 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.