China's Q1 GDP Growth Slows to 8.1 Pct

Ning Jizhe, director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said at a press conference on January 17 that in 2021, China's total economic output reached 114.4 trillion yuan.

In June, the Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) of China's manufacturing industry was 50.9 percent, a slight drop of 0.1 percentage point compared with last month, and continued to be above the threshold. The manufacturing industry continued to expand steadily.

In May, the Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) of China's manufacturing industry was 51.0 percent, 0.1 percentage point lower than that of last month, and still higher than the threshold. The manufacturing industry kept expanding steadily.

In March 2021, China's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was 51.9 percent, 1.3 percentage points higher than that of last month, and the climate of manufacturing industry recovered.

China produced 174.99 million mt of crude steel in January-February, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%.

In February, the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of China's manufacturing industry was 50.6 percent, which was 0.7 percentage point lower than that of last month. It was above the threshold for 12 consecutive months, and the prosperity level of manufacturing industry was lower than that of last month.

Sales prices of newly-built commercial housing in 4 first-tier cities in China increased by 0.6% month-on-month in January, according to data from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Chinese gross domestic product was about 90.03 trillion yuan last year, up 6.6% from a year earlier

GDP grew 6.5% year on year in the third quarter of 2018 and missed expectations of 6.6%

China’s gross domestic product is likely to grow 6.8% in the first quarter of 2018 and 6.9% in the first half of the year