China retail sales up 10.8%

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 16:08

Sales in rural areas rose 11.9 percent in August and 11.7 percent in the January-August period.

China retail sales up 10.8%

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 16:08

Sales in rural areas rose 11.9 percent in August and 11.7 percent in the January-August period.

China cuts 2014 GDP growth from 7.4% to 7.3%: Govt

Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 08:13

The National Bureau of Statistics said on its website it lowered the figure from the 7.4 percent announced in January after a "preliminary confirmation".

China June industrial profits fall 0.3%

Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2015, 09:12

Profit at China`s industrial firms dropped 0.3 percent in June from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday.

China June industrial profits fall 0.3%

Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2015, 09:12

Profit at China`s industrial firms dropped 0.3 percent in June from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday.

China May industrial output up 6.1% on-year: Government

Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015, 13:34

Industrial output, which measures output at factories, workshops and mines, rose 6.1 percent year-on-year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.

China's soft May inflation increases calls for fiscal stimulus

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 10:10

China`s consumer inflation eased while producer prices stayed stubbornly in deflation in May, bolstering the case for fiscal stimulus as the world`s second-largest economy shrugs off monetary easing.

China consumer inflation falls to 1.2% in May

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 09:50

The reading for the consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, released by the National Bureau of Statistics was lower than April`s 1.5 percent.

China manufacturing index at six-month high: govt

Last Updated: Monday, June 1, 2015, 07:52

China`s manufacturing index hit a six-month high in May, with production picking up and demand increasing, official data showed Monday, boding well for the world`s second-largest economy that is stuck in a slowdown.

China's factory sector unexpectedly shrinks in January

Last Updated: Sunday, February 1, 2015, 07:36

Activity in China`s factory sector contracted in January for the first time in more than two years, an official survey showed, a far worse result than expected that will add to worries about the country`s choppy economic outlook this year.

China crude imports seen at record as it fills strategic reserves

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 19:20

China has been filling the second stage of its strategic reserves since completing the first phase in 2009.

China total GDP revised up 3.4% in 2013

Last Updated: Friday, December 19, 2014, 09:02

The world`s second biggest economy was valued at 58.80 trillion yuan ($9.5 trillion currently) in 2013, the National Bureau of statistics (NBS) said in a statement, quoting a survey of 70 million businesses across the country.