China's crude refinery throughput in March rose 5.9% year on year to 47.5 million mt, or an average of 11.23 million b/d, preliminary data released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed. This was the highest year-on-year ...
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Amid the country's effort to build a greener energy system, the country's raw coal production by its large-size coal companies continued to decline in 2016. Combined raw coal production from the country's designated large coal companies ...
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China's retail sales of consumer goods, a key indicator of consumption, grew 10.4 percent year on year in 2016, the same as the first three quarters, official data showed Friday. Retail sales grew 9.6 percent year on year after deducting ...
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China's manufacturing activity expanded for a fifth month in December. The manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) came in at 51.4 in December, lower than 51.7 in November and staying above the 50-point boom-bust line for the fifth ...
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China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.3 percent year on year in November, up from October's 2.1 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Friday. On a month-on-month basis, the CPI rose 0.1 ...
China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, beat market expectations to reach a five-year high in November, official data showed Friday. The reading rose 3.3 percent year on year, the highest ...
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Consumption is the major economic driver, showing the nation's success in rebalancing the economy, but more efforts are needed to sustain growth, with heightened pressure in sectors with overcapacity, economists said. "China is on the ...
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The property sector saw a year-on-year growth of 8.8 percent in the third quarter of this year, according to official data released on Thursday. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the GDP figures of different industries on ...
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China's industrial profits showed positive changes in August thanks to policy-level efforts to reduce waste and also to a low base of comparison. But economists hastened to add that uneven growth is seen across sectors, and the country ...
China's industrial profits rose 19.5 percent year on year to 534.8 billion yuan (about 80.3 billion U.S. dollars) in August, official data showed Tuesday. The growth rate was faster than the 11-percent increase registered one month ...
China's consumer goods retail sales grew 10.6 percent year on year in August, accelerating from the 10.2-percent growth posted in July on the back of robust online sales. Total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 2.75 trillion yuan ...
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China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, increased mildly in August -- an encouraging sign for a slowing economy. Industrial output expanded 6.3 percent year on year last month, faster than the 6-percent ...
China's manufacturing sector posted a slight drop in July due to the flood season and weak demand, official data showed on Monday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 49.9 in July, slightly lower than June's 50, according to ...
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China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in July is likely to increase 1.9 percent year on year, staying flat with that in June, according to an industry report. The official CPI for July is due to be released by the National Bureau of ...
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China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in June is likely to increase 1.9 percent year on year, slightly less than the 2 percent recorded in May, according to an industry report. The official CPI for June is due to be released by the National ...
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