China confident of meeting 2015 GDP target of around 7%: Premier

Last Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 09:44

Premier Li Keqiang said he was confident China has the ability to meet its 2015 economic growth target of around 7 percent, the official news agency Xinhua said on Thursday.

No plans for AIIB branches abroad, says Chinese official

Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 15:01

The AIIB will officially be launched somewhere between the end of 2015 and early 2016

China April manufacturing sector steady at 50.1, little growth

Last Updated: Friday, May 1, 2015, 08:49

Activity in China`s manufacturing sector barely grew in April, an official survey showed on Friday, holding slightly above the level separating expansion from contraction.

China's manufacturing activity hits 12-month low

Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015, 09:26

An index of China`s manufacturing activity fell to a 12-month low in April, HSBC said Thursday, indicating further weakness as growth sputters in the world`s second-largest economy.

China March exports dive as economy seen slowing further

Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015, 18:19

China suffered an across-the-board decline in trade in March, the government said today, days ahead of GDP data expected to show another slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.

China's Q1 economic growth seen at six-year low of 7%

Last Updated: Thursday, April 9, 2015, 15:10

China`s economy probably cooled further to grow 7 percent in the first three months of the year, a Reuters poll showed, which would be the weakest pace in six years and raise pressure on policymakers to do more to bolster growth.

China factory sector dips to 11-month low, new orders shrink

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 08:55

The flash HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers` Index (PMI) dipped to 49.2 in March, below the 50-point level that separates growth in activity from a contraction on a monthly basis.

China has host of policies to halt GDP slide: Premier Li

Last Updated: Sunday, March 15, 2015, 16:55

China's economy is facing considerable pressure due to the slowdown but the government has a host of policies to halt the slide, Premier Li Keqiang today said as he tried to allay fears about flagging growth in the world's second largest economy.

China lowers GDP growth target to 7% amid slowdown

Last Updated: Thursday, March 5, 2015, 08:28

The growth target for 2015 is also lower than the 7.4 per cent economic growth rate registered in 2014, its weakest annual expansion since 1990.

China February factory activity at 4-month high

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 08:49

Employment in factories shrank as well for the 16th straight month as firms dismissed workers to adjust to slower business.

China cuts bank reserve ratio to boost economy

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 21:51

China's central bank said on Wednesday it would make an across-the-board cut in the percentage of funds banks must hold in reserve, the first such cut in nearly three years as the world's second-largest economy falters.