Glowing headlines aren't enough: The nation needs to change how it generates and calculates economic growth, reports Li Yang
Chinese industrial businesses saw their profits rise 12.2 percent year on year in 2013, official data showed on Tuesday.
China's urban registered unemployment rate stood at 4.1 percent in 2013, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Friday.
China's fiscal revenue climbed 10.1 percent year on year in 2013 to reach 12.91 trillion yuan ($2.11 trillion), the Ministry of Finance said Thursday.
Survey shows activity in China's factory sector may drop to a six-month low in January, continuing a mild slowdown that began at the end of 2013.
Chinese government departments this week released a raft of economic figures for 2013, highlighting achievements in economic work and pointing to a stabilization in the country's growth.
China's fiscal revenue climbed 10.1 percent year on year in 2013 to reach 12.91 trillion yuan ($2.11 trillion), the Ministry of Finance said Thursday.
Economy grew 7.7% year on year in 2013, the same as 2012 and beating the government's target of 7.5%.
China and the European Union on Tuesday started the first round of negotiations to forge an investment pact as both sides expect to open a new decade of ties between the two economies.
China's urban fixed asset investment in 2013 increased 19.6 percent year-on-year to 43.65 trillion yuan ($7.08 trillion), the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.
China's business climate index, a major gauge of the country's macroeconomic outlook, dropped in the fourth quarter, according to data released on Monday.
The annual growth of China's urban fixed-asset investment cooled to 19.6 percent in 2013, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Monday.
The trade volume between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan reached $197.2 billion last year, marking a 16.7 percent jump year on year.
A total of 2.5 million new companies were set up last year, according to a report released by the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC).
China's services trade grew faster than its goods trade in 2013, a trend that's set to continue, officials said on Thursday.
China's goods trade hit $389.84 billion in December, up 6.2 percent from a year earlier, the General Administration of Customs said.
China's total exports and imports reach $4.16 trillion in 2013, up 7.6% year on year, customs data shows.
The consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, eased to 2.5 percent in December, the lowest year-on-year growth since May.
China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.6 percent year on year in 2013, and 2.5 percent in December of 2013.
China's producer price index (PPI) fell 1.4 percent year on year in December, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Thursday.