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Retail sales in the world's second-largest economy rose 4.3% on an annual basis last month, new figures show

China's consumer spending picks up in October

Business • 16 Nov

China's Caixin/Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 53.6 from September's 53

China's factory activity rises to near-decade high

Business • 02 Nov

China's economy remains on the recovery path, driven by a rebound in exports

China's economic recovery quickens in third quarter

Business • 19 Oct

The Caixin/Markit services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) slipped to 54.0 from July's 54.1

China's services sector sustains recovery in August

Business • 03 Sep

China's gross domestic product expanded 3.2% in the three months from April to June

China's economy bounces back from pandemic contraction

Business • 16 Jul

China's Caixin/Markit services Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 58.4, the highest reading since April 2010

China services sector grows at fastest pace in a decade

Business • 03 Jul

China's Purchasing Managers' Index, a key gauge of activity in factories, came in at 50.9 points in June, better than expected

China factory activity picks up despite global headwind

Business • 30 Jun

Chinese industrial production expanded 4.4% last month, the Bureau for National Statistics (NBS), up from 3.9% in April

China's industrial output continues slow recovery

Business • 15 Jun

The Chinese economy shrank 6.8% in the first quarter, the first contraction in decades, hit by the outbreak of Covid-19

China drops GDP goal as Covid-19 slams economy

Business • 22 May

Chinese industrial production climbed 3.9% in April from a year earlier, data showed today

Chinese factories fire up but consumers still gloomy

Business • 15 May

China's exports saw a shock 3.5% rise in April despite the global impact of Covid-19

China exports see surprise 3.5% jump in April

Business • 07 May

China's gross domestic product shrank 6.8% in the three months from January to March from the same time a year earlier

Virus hands China first economic contraction in decades

Business • 17 Apr

Chinese GDP is set for the first quarterly contraction in more than 30 years

China cuts medium-term borrowing costs to record low

Business • 15 Apr

Experts say the coronavirus outbreak completely changed the dynamics of the Chinese economy

Fears grow for Chinese economy as virus spreads

Business • 11 Feb

China's growth slowed to 6.1% last year, from 6.6% in 2018, new figures show today

China posts weakest growth in 29 years on trade war hit

Business • 17 Jan

China's Singles' Day fire sale is viewed as a snapshot of consumer sentiment

China sees strong industrial, retail growth in November

Business • 16 Dec 19

Analysts have warned that China was facing a 'complex international economic situation' with downward pressure on the domestic economy

China's economy shows further signs of weakness

Business • 14 Nov 19

Average new home prices in China's 70 major cities rose 0.5% in September from August, new figures show

China's home price growth flatlines in September

Business • 21 Oct 19

Chinese GDP expanded 6% in the three months from July to September

China's growth slows to weakest level in 27 years

Business • 18 Oct 19

China's Purchasing Managers' Index rose from 49.5 in August to 49.8 this month

China's factory activity edges up in September

Business • 30 Sep 19

Chinese industrial profits fell 2% in August from a year earlier to 517.8 billion yuan ($72.59 billion)

China's industrial profits fall as headwinds hit firms

Business • 27 Sep 19

China's retail sales slipped in August to post growth of 7.5% - 0.1% down on the previous month

China's economy strains under disappointing data

Business • 16 Sep 19

China's producer price index dropped by 0.8% on an annual basis in August after a 0.3% drop in July

China's factory prices fall faster on weak demand

Business • 10 Sep 19

The People's Bank of China announced measures to free about $126 billion to boost the slowing economy

China to cut reserve requirements for banks

Business • 06 Sep 19

The US-China trade war and weakening global demand is weighing on the world's second biggest economy

Chinese growth slows to 6.2% in second quarter

Business • 15 Jul 19

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