Official data shows China's industrial profits declined 12.6 percent in May from a year ago.

官方数据显示，5 月份中国工业利润同比下降 12.6%。

Industrial profit in May dropped 6.5% from a year earlier, compared with an 8.5% decline in April.

5 月份的工业利润比去年同期下降 6.5%，4 月份下降 8.5%。

Over the first five months of 2020, industrial profits were down by 19% compared with a year earlier.

2020年的前五个月，工业利润同比下降了19%。

In May alone, industrial profits went up 6 percent from the same period last year, compared to a 4.3-percent decrease in April.

仅5月份，工业利润就比去年同期增长了6%，而4月份则下降了4.3%。