China's State-owned enterprises (SOEs) continued to expand in the first four months of this year, but at a slower pace, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on Thursday.
More tightening measures may be introduced by the government if property prices and transactions in second and third-tier cities continue to rebound, an industry insider warned on Wednesday.
Chinese credit card holders' delinquency rate rose in the first quarter of this year, China's central bank said Wednesday.
Property prices in major Chinese cities showed mixed growth in April, with more cities reporting month-on-month increases in new commercial housing prices from March and lower prices for resold housing units.
The average transaction price of Macao's residential units increased by 14.6 percent quarter on quarter to 38,261 patacas ($4,782) per square meter of usable area in the first quarter of 2011.
The European Union (EU) has replaced Japan as China's No 1 import source region based on trade figures in the first four months, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Tuesday.
Prices for Chinese farm produce went up slightly, while prices for production materials declined, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Tuesday.
US investment in China dropped sharply by 28 percent, while foreign direct investment (FDI) maintained double-digit growth from January to April, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China rose 26.03 percent year on year to $38.8 billion during the first four months of this year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.
The preliminary estimate of the Macao SAR's foreign exchange reserves amounted to 208.4 billion patacas ($26.04 billion) at the end of April 2011, according to the figures released on Monday by the Monetary Authority of Macao.
The number of Internet users in China reached 477 million as of end of March while websites registered with the authorities had climbed to 3.82 million, a senior telecommunication official said Monday.
Hong Kong's economy expanded robustly in the first quarter this year, with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) up 7.2 percent from a year ago, said the Hong Kong government on Friday, who forecast an GDP increase of about five to six percent for the whole year of 2011.