Infographic: China's economic performance in 2021

China's economy grew 8.1% year on year in 2021, with its GDP exceeding the 110-trillion-yuan threshold. The country’s foreign trade expanded 21.4% year on year, surpassing US$6 trillion for the first time despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 21, 2022

Foreign holdings of Chinese mainland securities rise 34% per year

Overseas investors' net purchases of Chinese mainland bonds and stocks totaled more than US$700 billion from 2018 to 2021, marking an annual growth of 34% during that period, an official said at a press conference Friday.

January 21, 2022

China's industrial economy continued to recover in 2021: MIIT

China's industrial economy continued to recover in 2021, braving multiple challenges amid the pandemic, officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) told a media briefing on Thursday.

January 20, 2022

China's central SOEs post record revenues, profits in 2021

China's centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) registered record highs in total revenue, profit, and net profit in 2021, said an official at a press conference Wednesday.

January 20, 2022

China needs to boost comprehensive upgrade of transportation networks: Official

China needs to urgently push for the comprehensive upgrade of transportation networks to realize high-quality development in the area, an official with the country's top economic planner said Wednesday.

January 20, 2022

Regulator says central SOEs are in fine fettle

With better control over the debt-to-asset ratio, China's centrally administered State-owned enterprises will see both gross and net profit growth rates outpace the GDP growth rate this year, said Peng Huagang, secretary-general of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the nation's top State asset regulator.

January 20, 2022

China's central SOEs report record revenues, profits in 2021

China's centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) registered their best performance ever in 2021, with record-setting revenues and profits, despite lingering impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to official data released Wednesday.

January 20, 2022

China's digital yuan tops 87 billion yuan in transactions

By the end of 2021, China's digital yuan transactions reached about 87.57 billion yuan (US$13.78 billion), with 261 million personal wallets opened and the number of pilot scenarios for the digital fiat currency exceeding 8.08 million, according to the People's Bank of China.

January 19, 2022

China's pilot digital yuan hits 87.57 billion yuan

China's digital yuan transactions hit nearly 87.57 billion yuan (13.78 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2021, as the country ramped up research and pilot use of the central bank's digital currency.

January 19, 2022

China to see stable macro leverage ratio in 2022: Central bank

China's 2022 macro leverage ratio is expected to remain basically stable, said Liu Guoqiang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank.

January 19, 2022

China's central bank to maintain continuity in real estate financial policy

The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, will maintain the continuity, consistency and stability of real estate financial policy, a PBOC official said at a press conference on Tuesday.

January 19, 2022

China's central bank to strengthen support for real economy in 2022

China's central bank said Tuesday that it will guide financial institutions to ramp up support for the real economy, stabilize the macro economy, and foster an appropriate monetary and financial environment for the country's high-quality economic development.

January 19, 2022

China's population continues to grow in 2021

China's population on the mainland has grown to 1.4126 billion by the end of last year, government data showed Monday.

January 18, 2022

China's surveyed urban unemployment rate drops in 2021

China's job market remained generally stable in 2021, with the surveyed urban unemployment rate standing at 5.1 percent, 0.5 percentage points lower than the same period in the previous year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

January 18, 2022

China's foreign trade hits new high in 2021

China's total import and export of goods expanded 21.4% year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan (US$6.05 trillion), surpassing the US$6 trillion mark for the first time. Despite the continuing effects of the COVID19 pandemic on global trade, China's foreign trade has seen a fast recovery.

January 17, 2022

China's resident nominal disposable income up 9.1% in 2021

China's per capita disposable income stood at 35,128 yuan (about 5,523 U.S. dollars) in 2021, up 9.1 percent year on year in nominal terms, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.

January 17, 2022

China's GDP tops 110 trillion yuan in 2021

China's gross domestic product (GDP) crossed the 110-trillion-yuan mark as it posted an 8.1% year-on-year growth to 114.367 trillion yuan in 2021, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday.

January 17, 2022

China's retail sales up 12.5% in 2021

China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of consumption growth, rose 12.5 percent year on year in 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday.

January 17, 2022

China's fixed-asset investment up 4.9% in 2021

China's fixed-asset investment went up 4.9 percent year on year in 2021, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.

January 17, 2022

China's industrial output up 9.6% in 2021

China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 9.6 percent year on year in 2021, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday.

January 17, 2022