Key April Chinese Economic Data Are Released, Including Real Estate Investment, Industrial Added Value and Consumer Goods Retail Sales  

China's total retail sales of consumer goods in April increased by 18.4% year-on-year, compared with 10.6% in March.

China's April industrial added value increased by 5.6% year-on-year, compared with 3.0% in March.

From January to April, China's urban fixed asset investment increased by 4.7% year-on-year, compared with 5.1% in January-March.

The National Bureau of Statistics: From January to April, the national real estate development investment was 3.55 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.2%; among them, residential investment was 2.71 trillion yuan, a decrease of 4.9%.