The theater market in Xiamen continues to heat up in recent years. [Photo/sunnews.cn]

Xiamen bureau of statistics recently conducted a survey on the city's 444 cultural enterprises above a designated scale.

Statistics show that in the first half of this year, the 444 enterprises achieved a combined operating income of 40.65 billion yuan ($5.68 billion), up 26 percent over the same period last year and accounting for 17.5 percent of the province's total operating income.

Xiamen has long been accelerating the high-quality development of its culture industry. While increasing the proportion of emerging cultural businesses and services, the city has created several influential well-known cultural brands.

In terms of specific business, cultural consumption took the lead in the city's culture industry, with revenue reaching 13.82 billion yuan, accounting for 34 percent of total revenue. Second place went to cultural communication channels, with revenue of 6.88 billion yuan, accounting for 16.9 percent of total revenue.

From the perspective of administrative areas, the culture industry revenue of Huli district grew the fastest in the first half of the year, by 69.8 percent. Siming district was next with its revenue increasing by 46.5 percent.