Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2020 shows the Tencent building in Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. [Photo/Xinhua]

Chinese internet giant Tencent posted a robust growth of 23 percent in revenue for the first half (H1) of this year, according to a corporate announcement Wednesday.

In H1, the company raked in approximately 273.56 billion yuan (about 42.24 billion U.S. dollars), representing a net profit of 90.35 billion yuan, an increase of 46 percent from the same period in 2020.

In the second quarter (Q2) of this year alone, the company's game revenue increased by 12 percent to 43 billion yuan.

Additionally, its revenues from social networks and fintech and enterprise services, respectively, reached 29 billion yuan and 41.9 billion yuan in Q2, up 9 percent and 40 percent year on year.