New statistics show strengthening Chinese manufacturing
CHINA’S manufacturing and investment strengthened during the first two months of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics said today.
The report said industrial output soared by a massive 7 per cent from a year earlier in January-February, better than analysts had forecast.
Spending on factories and equipment, known as fixed-asset investments, rose by a healthy 4.2 per cent.
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