Walt Disney ranked first in the Top Global Licensors 2021 report, raking in $54 billion in retail sales globally of licensed and direct-to-consumer products, according to a June announcement by the License Global magazine, which tracked the world's top IP owners through annual rankings.

- Chinese internet giant Tencent on Wednesday reported a 28 percent year-on-year growth in revenue for 2020, raking in around 482 billion yuan (about $73.9 billion).

Raking in revenue of roughly 12 billion yuan ($1.85 billion) last year, Bilibili saw monthly active users, a key gauge of user loyalty in the internet sector, rise 55 percent to reach 202 million from a year ago.

Chinese mobile content aggregator Qutoutiao Inc reported steady year-on-year revenue growth of 84.3 percent in 2019, raking in 5.57 billion yuan ($793.4 million).

Official data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs showed Chinese rural scenic areas attracted over 3 billion tourist visits last year, raking in over 800 billion yuan ($119 billion).

As of the end of September, the 80-square-meter Tokyo store was raking in around five million yen ($44,563) monthly.

By downloading Koubei's mobile app by the same name, gourmet lovers stand to rake up virtual coupons that give 50 percent off, from McDonald's fries to Dairy Queen ice cream.

Information services were the biggest revenue contributor, raking in 300.4 billion yuan during the period, with e-commerce business making up over one third of the sub-sector's revenue.

The listed company is expected to rake in net profit of about 26.4 billion yuan ($4.18 billion) in 2017, up 58 percent year-on-year, according to a statement released on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

China's bike sharing market is expected to rake in 10.3 billion yuan in revenue this year, a 736 percent increase from 1.2 billion yuan in 2016, according to a report from iiMedia Research.

The Shanghai-listed YTO Express delivered 4.46 billion packages last year, raking in 16.8 billion yuan in revenue in 2016, up 39.04 percent from the year before.

In the first half of 2023, the Qinhuai District of Nanjing, where the Fuzimiao-Qinhuai scenic belt is located, received over 35.14 million tourists, raking in a tourism revenue of more than 45 billion yuan ($6.26 billion).

The three-day holiday registered a year-on-year revenue increase of 44.5 percent in terms of domestic traveling, raking in 37.31 billion yuan ($5.19 billion) which is 94.9 percent over the same period of 2019 on a comparable basis.

"Our products have been exported to six countries, raking in more than 20 million yuan ($2.9 million) this year," said Zhou Jiwen, president of the company.

In Shanghai, offline shopping gained steam, raking in over 27 billion yuan between Dec 31, 2021 and Jan 2, up 12.8 percent from same period last year, said the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce.

Coal woes, power crunch give jitters, but policy steps set to steady growth expectationsThis year's runaway coal prices in China sparked by the commodity's shortages, the attendant fears about possible power shortages during the winter/heating season, and potential implications for the economy, are not only giving the markets the jitters but raking up bitter memories of last year.

Compared with rich males who tend to rake wealth in industries such as telecommunications, media, and technology as well as machinery or chemical engineering, rich females focus more on medical and biological industries.

Since operational in April 2016, the resort has received over 83 million visitors, raking in over 40 billion yuan worth of tourism-related revenue, generating 2.6 billion yuan's tax income, and creating 15,000 jobs, said Yao Jianfeng, vice-chairman of the resort's administrative committee.

The one-hour session alone attracted some 20,000 viewers, according to company data, raking in nearly $3,000 in sales.

Top scenic sites in Central China's Hubei province received over 2.07 million visitors in the first seven days of the holiday, according to the provincial culture and tourism department, with 30 key scenic sites raking in 205 million yuan from Oct 1 to Oct 7.

During the three-day New Year holiday, it received more than 3 million visitors, raking in 5.91 billion yuan ($831.8 million) of tourism revenue.

Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, welcomed nearly 3.05 million visitors, raking in 5.91 billion yuan ($832.39 million) of tourism revenue, during the three-day New Year holiday, marking a record high for tourism in Harbin during the New Year period.

The winter chill has failed to cool China's film market, which continues to rake in healthy revenue, indicating a stable recovery after the pandemic.

Most industry insiders attribute the robust recovery in earnings to soaring film ticket sales during the four most lucrative box office seasons – the Spring Festival holiday, May Day, the Mid Autumn Festival and National Day holiday as well as the months-long summer – which saw the box office raking in a total of 31.63 billion yuan, accounting for 63 percent of the revenues collected this year.

China saw over 2.38 billion domestic trips during the first half of this year, raking in tourism revenue of 2.3 trillion yuan ($315.2 billion), official statistics showed.

Manufacturers rake in profits as more people cover up to block harmful UV raysWearing a wide-brimmed visor, a pair of sun-protection gloves, a cool-touch face mask and a lightweight yet sunproof hoody has become essential on sunny days for Gao Yuan, who works for a pharmaceutical company in Beijing.

Chen Jin, an analyst with Beacon, estimated that the summer season will continue to rake in more revenue with the release of more Chinese films in the coming weeks.

American animation "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" came in second, raking in 6.16 million yuan.

Ski resorts with the top "5S" grading in Xinjiang received 121,800 trips during this year's Spring Festival holiday in late January, an increase of 4.94 percent over last year, raking in around 19.96 million yuan, up 80.16 percent year-on-year.

Offshore duty-free shopping in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan has boosted the country's burgeoning luxury goods market, with offshore duty-free shopping in Hainan accounting for about 13 percent of Chinese consumer spending on luxuries in 2021, raking in 49.5 billion yuan, the report stated.

Ski resorts with "5S" grading in Xinjiang received 121,800 trips during the festival, an increase of 4.94 percent over last year, raking in around 19.96 million yuan, up 80.16 percent year-on-year.

Domestic patriotic hit "The Battle at Lake Changjin II" is the year's top earner, raking in 4.07 billion yuan.

But participating in the headline-making annual shopping gala doesn't mean that every hotel can rake in huge profits in a matter of weeks.

As many as 48 Chinese mobile games entered the top 100 popular mobile games in Southeast Asia in 2021, raking about $980 million or 54 percent of the total revenue of the top 100, Yicai.

"International retailers, especially those in the skincare and cosmetics sector, and premium brands, usually have a bigger incentive to sell via duty-free channels, thanks to the possibility of raking in higher margins.

The overseas market continues to boom, according to the data, with Chinese mobile game developers raking in nearly $1.65 billion in sales revenue from overseas business last month, up 9.24 percent compared with a month ago.

Domestic comedy Hi, Mom continued to dominate the Chinese mainland box office chart for the 21st straight day on Sunday, raking in around 50.27 million yuan ($7.76 million), according to figures from the China Movie Data Information Network.

It was followed by the comedy anthology My People, My Homelandxa0and animated feature Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification, raking in more than 2.8 billion yuan and 1.6 billion yuan, respectively.

Enterprises with annual revenues of more than 20 million yuan (about $3.05 million) are expected to rake in about 340 billion yuan profits in the January-October period, up 1.3 percent year-on-year, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.

War epic "The Eight Hundred" by Guan Hu topped the 2020 list, grossing more than 3.1 billion yuan to date, followed by comedy anthology "My People, My Homeland" and animated feature "Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification," raking in more than 2.8 billion yuan and 1.6 billion yuan, respectively.

Chinese war epic film "The Eight Hundred" led the Chinese mainland box office last month, raking in more than 1.9 billion yuan since its release on Aug 21.

Brick-and-mortar stores have managed to level off compared to the pre-COVID-19 outbreak period, raking in revenue of 144.4 billion yuan for physical goods in May.

A livestreaming show about the Hibiscus Town, a Hunan-based village with more than two thousand years, was held Sunday on the Pinduoduo, raking a total of 350,000 views and more than 6 billion interactions.

Online grocery apps such as Hema, JD Fresh, Daily Fresh and Dingdong Grocery would not have been able to rake it in over the last two months without the help of the vast army of couriers.

A microphone, a video-camera and a floor lamp, that is all the equipment Ma Weizhong needs to rake in sales worth hundreds of thousands of yuan each month for his B. ycr kids' clothing company in Zhili, a town of about 18,000 people in East China's Zhejiang province.

During a livestreaming sales event hosted by Taobao Livestreaming and the local authority in early December, 50 livestreaming anchors worked with 50 local manufacturers to rake in a record 20 million yuan ($2.8 million) in sales in one single day, opening a brand new sales mode for traditional garment manufacturers.

Chinese crime film Bodies at Rest, which focuses on two legal medical experts trapped in hijack, was ranked the third by raking in about 14.81 million yuan on its fourth day of screening.

A total of 27.6 billion parcels were delivered during the first half of the year, raking in about 338.46 billion yuan in business revenue.

West China's Sichuan province, known for its hot pots, ranked sixth by raking in 280.74 billion yuan.

In contrast, China's toy market has continued to boom with domestic retail sales of toy products raking in 70.5 billion yuan ($10.1 billion) last year, according to a CTJPA report.

The house keeper with most orders on our platform earns more than 160,000 yuan a year and the best photographer can rake in 60,000 yuan monthly," said Chen.

- China's courier sector continued to expand, raking in 94.7 billion yuan (about $14.1 billion) of revenue from January to February, up 20.3 percent year on year.

Since nearly 150 million mainland tourists visit overseas destinations annually, museums are raking in the moolah, and pulling out all the stops to serve mainland visitors well, as evidenced from museum maps and audio guides in Chinese language.

The Wandering Earth set a new box office record for IMAX theaters in China, raking in 300 million yuan ($44.36 million) as of last week, news outlet wallstreetcn reported on Monday.

More small and medium-sized shops across China are seeking greater publicity through online influencersA microphone, a camera and a floor lamp are all the equipment Yang Han needs to rake in sales worth hundreds of thousands of yuan each month for clothes retailers.

“There’s no need for us to maintain low-income stores that can only rake in monthly revenues of less than 60,000 yuan,” stresses Zhang.

Last year, the city exported 368,000 vehicles, raking in 33.17 billion yuan in revenue, up 29.8 percent and 51.9 percent year-on-year, respectively.

The company posted a 116.6 percent year-on-year revenue growth in the period, raking in around 9.8 billion yuan ($1.5 billion), according to the company's financial statement.

The company is estimated to rake in a net profit between 387.28 million yuan ($59.8 million) and 438.92 million yuan in the January-June period, up between 50 percent and 70 percent year-on-year, iFlytek said in a filing with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Monday.

- China's internet giant Tencent on Thursday posted a 29 percent year-on-year revenue growth in the third quarter, raking in around 125.45 billion yuan (about $19 billion).

"If Huawei can purchase chips from Qualcomm in the future, the US company can rake in more money, and the US government is likely to approve it," Jia said.

Third-party payment platforms usually rake in a fee of about 0.6 percent from stores and service providers and about 0.1 percent for people-to-people large-amount fund transfers.

Listed firms continued to report revenue increases in Q1 by raking in a total operating income of 11.34 trillion yuan (about 1.68 trillion US dollars), 11.8 percent up year on year.

Out of the 1,468 listed companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), 1,466 had disclosed their 2018 financial information by the end of April, raking in 33.5 trillion yuan ($4.97 trillion) last year, up 11 percent year-on-year, according to a report released Sunday by the SSE.

A report from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange revealed that 2,156 of the 2,159 listed firms on the exchange had disclosed their annual financial information, raking in 11.95 trillion yuan in revenue, up 13.33 percent year-on-year.

The property sector was also highly profitable, with Poly Real Estate Group and Greenland Holding Group raking in profits of 18.8 billion yuan and 11.66 billion yuan, respectively.

The reading marked a steady industry expansion with accounting firms raking in around 90 billion yuan and 80 billion yuan in 2017 and 2016, respectively.

With more than 200 firms lining up for floats in Hong Kong, IPOs are set to rake in as much as HK$230 billion over the coming 12 months.

Private mental healthcare hospitals are also raking in higher profits, according to a research note from Orient Securities Co Ltd. Kangning Hospital's investment prospectus and disclosures said the hospital will spend 193 million yuan on relocating an existing hospital in Cangnan county, building a new hospital in Pingyang county, and establishing a training center in Wenzhou.