• China's new economic drivers continue to thrive in Jan-Feb

    China's new quality productive forces have made strides on various fronts in the first two months of this year. Specifically, the value added of high-tech manufacturing industries grew by 7.5%, while investment in high-tech industries surged by 9.4%, said Liu Aihua, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, at a press conference Monday.

    March 19, 2024
  • China's private investment turns positive in Jan-Feb

    China's private investment in fixed assets rose 0.4% year on year in the first two months of this year, compared to a 0.4% decline in the whole year of 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday.

    March 19, 2024
  • Chinese economy off to robust start in 2024 as recovery gains traction

    The Chinese economy has maintained good recovery momentum, beginning the year on a solid note as the country's macro policies took effect, official data showed Monday.

    March 19, 2024
  • China's retail sales expand 5.5% in Jan-Feb

    China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of the country's consumption strength, expanded 5.5% year on year to 8.13 trillion yuan (US$1.13 trillion) in the first two months of 2024, according to official data released Monday.

    March 18, 2024
  • China's industrial output grows 7% in Jan-Feb

    ​China's value-added industrial output above the designated size went up 7% year on year in the first two months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday.

    March 18, 2024
  • Spokesperson: China has conditions to achieve full-year growth target

    China has conditions to achieve its full-year growth target of around 5 percent for 2024 via enhanced efforts, a spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.

    March 18, 2024
  • China's surveyed urban unemployment rate at 5.3% in Jan-Feb

    The surveyed urban unemployment rate on average in China stood at 5.3 percent in the first two months of 2024, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Monday.

    March 18, 2024
  • China's industrial output accelerates pace in Jan-Feb

    China's industrial production picked up pace in the first two months of 2024, accompanied by faster growth in the high-tech manufacturing and the consumer goods manufacturing sectors, official data showed Monday.

    March 18, 2024
  • China's fixed-asset investment up 4.2% in Jan-Feb

    China's fixed-asset investment went up 4.2 percent year on year in the first two months of this year, 1.2 percentage points higher than the full-year growth rate of 2023, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

    March 18, 2024
  • China's property development investment down 9% in first 2 months

    Investment in property development in China fell 9 percent year on year to 1.1842 trillion yuan (about 167 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data showed Monday.

    March 18, 2024
  • China's service sector posts faster growth in Jan-Feb

    China's service sector registered faster growth in the first two months of 2024, with an official production index up 5.8 percent year on year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

    March 18, 2024