(Bloomberg) -- August profit was 612.8 billion yuan ($89.8 billion), China’s National Bureau of Statistics said on website..Industrial companies’ profit in the first eight months were 3.72 trillion yuan, a drop of 4.4% from same period last yearNOTE: Last month, Chinese Industrial Firms’ Profits Grow Fastest Since 2018 (1).©2020 Bloomberg L.P..With assistance from Bloomberg