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In Chinese, a time expression often appears at the beginning of the sentence to set when the action or situation happens. It works like a topic for the whole sentence.
"1—2月份，全国规模以上工业企业实现利润总额10245.6亿元，同比增长15.2%。"
"1—2月份，规模以上工业企业中，国有控股企业实现利润总额3665.6亿元，同比增长5.3%；"
以上 after a noun means 'above', 'more than', or 'at or above that level'. In formal and statistical Chinese, it is often used to classify things by size, amount, age, etc.
"全国规模以上工业企业实现利润总额10245.6亿元"
"规模以上工业企业中，国有控股企业实现利润总额3665.6亿元"
中 after a noun phrase means 'among' or 'within'. This pattern is used to choose or describe a subgroup inside a larger group.
"1—2月份，规模以上工业企业中，国有控股企业实现利润总额3665.6亿元，同比增长5.3%；"
"规模以上工业企业中，国有控股企业实现利润总额3665.6亿元"
实现 means 'to achieve' or 'to realize'. In economic and formal news language, it is frequently used with results such as 利润总额, 增长, 目标, 收入, etc., to show that a certain figure was reached.
"全国规模以上工业企业实现利润总额10245.6亿元"
"私营企业实现利润总额2844.5亿元，增长37.2%。"
同比 means 'compared with the same period last year'. It is very common in news, business, and statistics. It is usually followed by 增长, 下降, 上升, etc. to show the rate of change.
"同比增长15.2%。"
"外商及港澳台投资企业实现利润总额2167.5亿元，下降3.8%；"
company; firm; enterprise; corporation
to grow; to increase
to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
month
industry
scale; scope; extent
the above-mentioned
(statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year; year on year; year over year
to reach
to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
to get news
nationalized
profits
to invest
year
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