EconomyChinese firms trail global peers on profits, but AI power boom offers bright spot: Natixis

A Natixis survey and separate research report say China’s corporate sector remains considerably weaker than before the Covid-19 pandemic, but its ample power capacity is making the country a key beneficiary of the global artificial intelligence boom. Chinese profit margins stabilised at about 4.5% in the first half of 2026, well below the nearly 9% recorded by global peers.

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