Tencent smashed through forecasts with a 57% year-on-year jump in third-quarter operating profit to 22.75 billion yuan, as the Chinese tech group ramped¹ up revenues on the back of its wildly popular mobile games.

中国科技集团腾讯通过其广受欢迎的手机游戏提高了营收，其第三季度营运利润远超预期，同比大增57%，达227.5亿元。

Forecasters had expected operating profit of 19.77 billion yuan.

预测人士原本预计其营运利润为197.7亿元。

Tencent shares have doubled so far this year and the group, founded by Pony² Ma, has a stock market capitalization of 470 billion dollars.

今年以来腾讯股价已经涨了一倍，这个由马化腾创建的集团的股票市值已达4700亿美元。

It builds on its success in fantasy role-playing game "Honor of Kings", which hit revenues of 26.84 billion yuan in third-quarter, up 48% year-on-year.

腾讯的成功是基于奇幻角色扮演游戏《王者荣耀》，该游戏在第三季度实现营收268.4亿元，同比增长48%。

Ma Huateng said the company recorded strong business growth in games, digital content, online advertising³ and payment related services.

马化腾表示，公司在游戏、数字媒体、在线广告及支付服务等方面都取得了强劲的业务增长。

Analysts⁴ said the new market value put Tencent in the same camp as US tech giants Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook.

分析人士指出，新的市值使得腾讯与美国科技巨头苹果、谷歌、微软、亚马逊和脸书处于同一阵营。