China Light Industry Federation recently announced the operation of China's light industry economy in the first three quarters. Data shows that from January to September, enterprises above designated size in the light industry achieved an operating income of 17.35 trillion yuan, up 7.4% year on year; The profit growth of the light industry rose month by month, and the profit continued to improve. From January to September, enterprises above designated size in the light industry achieved a profit of 1052.13 billion yuan, up 8.9% year on year, 1.5 percentage points faster than that in the previous August. According to the introduction of the China Light Industry Federation, with the package policy of stabilizing the economy and the follow-up policy measures further strengthening to improve efficiency, the light industry economy in China continued to recover in the first three quarters, and the advantages of good resilience and stable development of light industry continued to emerge. Production and sales recovered steadily. From January to September, the added value of light industry increased 4.0% year on year. The light industrial consumer goods market continued to maintain a steady recovery. From January to September, the retail sales of ten categories of light industrial goods reached 5004.6 billion yuan, accounting for 15.9% of the total retail sales of consumer goods, up 2.6% year on year. Since June, the retail sales of ten categories of light industry commodities resumed positive growth, the growth rate has been maintained at about 5% for four consecutive months. Exports increased steadily. From January to September, the export of some light industrial commodities maintained a rapid growth. The total export volume of eight key commodities of light industry was 362.01 billion US dollars, up 6.6% year on year. The scale of investment continued to expand. In 2022, the scale of fixed asset investment in major light industries will continue to expand on the basis of the steady recovery of the previous year. From January to September, except for the paper industry, the investment in major light industries will maintain a double-digit rapid growth. (Liu Xinshe)