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China's Apparent Oil Demand up 5.3% in 2017
Apr 8, 2017China's apparent oil demand rose 5.3% year on year in the first two months of 2017 to 11.65 million b/d on the back of robust economic growth, holiday transportation demand and efforts to build stocks ahead of the refinery maintenance ...
Tags: oil demand, Oil products
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China Approves Two Railway Projects
Oct 13, 2016China's top economic planner announced Tuesday it has approved feasibility reports for two railway projects with total investment of 79.47 billion yuan (11.84 billion U.S. dollars). The two projects would be located in the country's ...
Tags: Railway, Transportation
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China's FDI Returns to Growth in Aug.
Sep 14, 2016Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose 5.7 percent year on year in August, compared with a 1.6-percent drop in July, official data showed Tuesday. FDI hit 57.3 billion yuan (US$8.8 billion) last month, according to ...
Tags: China's FDI, economic activity
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China's Manufacturing Activity Expands Slowly
May 1, 2016China's manufacturing activity expanded for the second month in a row in April but at a slower pace, official data showed on Sunday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 50.1 in April, slightly down from March's 50.2 and below ...
Tags: manufacturing activity, sub-index measuring production
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Economic Indicators Signal Recovery of Economy
Apr 3, 2016China's economy may have just come back for a recovery, recent economic indicators signaled. Latest data showed that China's manufacturing activity rebounded in March to its highest level since last August while non-manufacturing sector ...
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China's Railway Construction Robust Despite Investment Slowdown
Dec 31, 2015Investment in China's railways in 2015 is still growing despite an economic slowdown. China spent 820 billion yuan (126 billion U.S. dollars) on rail projects in 2015 and put more than 9,000 kilometers of new track into operation, meeting ...
Tags: Railway, Investment
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CPC Solicits Opinions on Economic Work
Dec 17, 2015The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has held a meeting to solicit opinions from non-communist persons on the country's economic work, according to a statement released on Monday. While presiding over the meeting, which ...
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Restructuring Puts China Growth on Dual Tracks
Dec 17, 2015Call it a tale of two sectors -- China's slipping manufacturing and flourishing service sector have defined the country's economy. The Chinese economy is undergoing heavy restructuring as it slowed to a six-year low of 6.9 percent in the ...
Tags: economy, service sector, manufacturing
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China Central Bank Sees 2016 Growth at 6.8 Pct
Dec 17, 2015China's central bank projected its baseline forecast for 2016 growth at 6.8 percent on Wednesday, expecting the number of positive factors to gradually increase despite downward pressure on the economy. The rate is slightly lower than the ...
Tags: Central Bank, economy
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China's 2016 GDP Growth Likely to Be 6.6-6.8 Pct: Think Tank
Dec 17, 2015China's annual economic growth could be between 6.6 percent and 6.8 percent next year, with employment and consumer prices remaining stable, a government think tank forecast on Wednesday. However, with growing downward pressure due to ...
Tags: economic growth, GDP
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China's Power Use Rebounds As Economy Stabilizes
Dec 17, 2015China's power use, a key barometer of economic activity, ended a two-month falling streak in November by edging up 0.6 percent from one year earlier as the economy showed signs of stabilization, according to data released Wednesday. ...
Tags: Electricity, Power, economy
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China Eyes Investment in Stabilizing Growth
Nov 4, 2015China's top economic planner on Wednesday stressed the importance of boosting investment in the fourth quarter of 2015. Increasing investment and stabilizing growth are priorities for the fourth quarter, according to a statement by the ...
Tags: NDRC, top economic planner
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China's GDP Expands 6.9% in Q3
Oct 19, 2015China's economy posted a 6.9-percent growth year on year in the third quarter of 2015, lower than 7 percent in the first half of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Monday. In the first three quarters of the ...
Tags: China's GDP, interest rate
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China's Economy in Q3 Seen to Grow 6.6%
Oct 9, 2015China's economic data for September may show a stabilizing economy but they can't prevent the third-quarter growth sliding to as low as 6.6 percent, said analysts ahead of the data's release starting next week. "We expect the upcoming ...
Tags: China's Economy, economic data
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China Expects More Transport Investment
Jul 10, 2015The Chinese transport sector is poised to attract 2.6 trillion yuan ($425 billion) of investment for this year as authorities strive to accelerate infrastructure construction. "The transport sector showed signs of improvement in the first ...