China's producer price index (PPI), a major measure of inflation at the wholesale level, rose 6.6 percent in January year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Tuesday.
A rise in the price of most food items included in a government-monitored list slowed between Feb 1 and 10, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday.
China's inflation accelerated in January on surging food prices, adding pressure for the government to tackle escalating inflation amid the nation's spreading winter drought. New loans stood at 1.04t yuan
Chinese iron ore imports surged 48 percent to a record in January, compared with a year ago, as traders replenished stocks in expectation of rising ore prices.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority said on Monday that the foreign assets of the exchange fund in January 2011 grew by HK$3.7 billion ($470 million).
Passenger vehicle sales in China continued to surge in January, registering a 15 percent increase over the same month last year. Analysts said that strong demand in the second- and third-tier cities has offset stagnant sales in big cities because of the policy limitations.
China's trade surplus will continue to fall in the coming months after hitting a nine-month low in January amid increased imports in the run-up to the lunar new year holidays and surging commodity prices, economists said.
China's iron ore imports reached a record 68.97 million tons in January, up 18.8 percent from 58.08 million tons in December, official data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Monday.
China's foreign trade surged by 43.9 percent year-on-year to $295 billion in January, the General Administration of Customs said on Monday.
The People's Bank of China said Saturday the country had issued 5.1 trillion yuan ($773.3 billion) worth of bonds in 2010, an increase of 3.1 percent over that in 2009.
Southwest China's Yunnan province generated $4.58 billion in trade with ASEAN members in 2010, up 45.2 percent year-on-year, the local customs house said on Saturday.
The value-added output of China's large electronic information manufacturers grew 16.9 percent year-on-year in 2010, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Friday.