China's industrial profits rise 15.2% in January-February

BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters) - Profits at China's industrial firms grew 15.2% in the first two months over the same period last year, official data showed on Friday.

The growth accelerated from a 0.6% increase for the whole of last year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.

Industrial profit figures cover firms with annual revenue of at least 20 million yuan ($2.90 million) from their main operations.

($1 = 6.8933 Chinese yuan renminbi)