BEIJING, May 27 Reuters Profits at China39;s industrial firms rose 4.3 in the first four months from the same period last year, official data showed on Monday.

The jump followed a 4.3 increase in the first quarter and a slew of divergent activity data for April, according to National Bureau of Statistics NBS data.

Industrial profit numbers cover firms with annual revenue of at least 20 million yuan 2.76 million from their main operations.

1 7.2388 Chinese yuan

Reporting by Qiaoyi Li and Ryan Woo; Editing by Sonali Paul and Himani Sarkar

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