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  • China Feb CPI up 4.9%

    2011-03-11 10:17

    China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.9 percent year-on-year in February, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Friday.
    PPI up 7.2% Jan-Feb industrial output up 14.1% Jan-Feb fixed asset investment up 24.9%
    Retail sales up 15.8% in first two months

  • More monthly deficits 'likely'

    2011-03-11 09:04

    China is "highly likely" to see more trade deficits in the coming months after it reported a surprise February deficit, the biggest in 7 years, due to slowing overseas demand and rising commodity prices, economists said.

  • China's trade deficit hits $7.3b in Feb

    2011-03-10 13:36

    China witnessed a trade deficit of $7.3 billion in February, the General Administration of Customs said on Thursday. This is China's first monthly trade deficit since March 2010. In the first two months this year, China posted a trade deficit of $890 million

  • CCF receives over 6b yuan donations in 2010

    2011-03-10 13:37

    Charitable fundraising has developed in leaps and bounds since 2008, said Fan Baojun, president of the China Charity Federation (CCF), at a forum in Beijing on Wednesday.

  • Online music industry reports increased harvest

    2011-03-10 10:49

    Online music content and service providers in China earned about 2.3 billion yuan ($349.8 million) last year, up 14.4 percent from 2009, said a report released by China's Culture Ministry on Wednesday.

  • China's imports of NZ milk jump five-fold

    2011-03-10 09:40

    China's milk imports from New Zealand have surged more than fivefold since 2008 as rising incomes stoked demand, sending prices to a record and bolstering the economy as it recovers from the deadliest earthquake in 80 years.

  • Adviser: Inflation to hit 5%

    2011-03-10 09:33

    Consumer inflation in China will rise by 5 percent on average in 2011 and surging international commodity prices will be a major cause of uncertainty as the country battles to contain that inflation, said a central bank adviser on Wednesday.

  • China's Feb auto sales down 33%

    2011-03-09 17:12

    China's February auto sales fell sharply by 33.09 percent month on month to 1.267 million units due to the week-long Chinese Lunar New Year holidays, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said Wednesday.

  • Consumer confidence rebounds in Feb

    2011-03-09 14:03

    Chinese consumers' confidence slightly rebounded month on month in February on lower food prices and a shopping spree on non-daily essential goods during the Spring Festival holiday, according to an index reading released Wednesday.

  • HK's port cargo throughput up 10% in 2010

    2011-03-09 11:24

    The total port cargo throughput in 2010 in Hong Kong increased by 10 percent over a year earlier to 267.8 million tonnes, said the city's statistical authority Tuesday.

  • Home appliance trade-in scheme fuels 152.12b yuan sales

    2011-03-08 16:58

    China's old-for-new home appliance subsidy program has to date stimulated 152.12 billion yuan ($23.17 billion) in sales, with televisions and air-conditioners the most popular of the five designated products, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Tuesday.

  • Farm produce prices rise at a slower rate

    2011-03-08 16:48

    Most farm produce prices in China continued to rise in the week ending March 6, but generally at a slower rate compared to the previous week, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said in a report released on Tuesday.

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