China February trade surplus hits record $60.6 bn: Govt
Exports leapt 48.3 percent year-on-year to $169.2 billion while imports fell 20.5 percent to $108.6 billion, Customs said on its website.
Mar 08, 2015, 14:47 PM IST
China lowers GDP growth target to 7% amid slowdown
The growth target for 2015 is also lower than the 7.4 per cent economic growth rate registered in 2014, its weakest annual expansion since 1990.
Mar 05, 2015, 08:28 AM IST
China Feb HSBC services PMI edges up to 52.0 as orders improve
The HSBC/Markit Services Purchasing Managers` Index(PMI) picked up to 52.0 last month from January`s 51.8 and remained above the 50-point level that separates contraction from growth in activity on a monthly basis.
Mar 04, 2015, 10:05 AM IST
China February HSBC PMI at 7-month high but deflation risk persists
The final HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers` Index (PMI) climbed to 50.7 in February - the strongest level since July - from 49.7 in January, as overall new orders picked up.
Mar 02, 2015, 09:56 AM IST
China manufacturing expands in February: HSBC
British banking giant HSBC said its preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI) reading for this month came in at a four-month high of 50.1, up from 49.7 in January.
Feb 25, 2015, 23:28 PM IST
China February factory activity at 4-month high
Employment in factories shrank as well for the 16th straight month as firms dismissed workers to adjust to slower business.
Feb 25, 2015, 08:49 AM IST
China January inflation hits 5-year low, strengthens case for more policy easing
China's annual consumer inflation hit a five-year low in January while factory deflation deepened, underscoring persistent weakness in the economy and heaping more pressures on policymakers to step up their efforts to support growth.
Feb 10, 2015, 07:55 AM IST
China cuts bank reserve ratio to boost economy
China's central bank said on Wednesday it would make an across-the-board cut in the percentage of funds banks must hold in reserve, the first such cut in nearly three years as the world's second-largest economy falters.
Feb 04, 2015, 21:51 PM IST
China manufacturing shrank again in January
But the result still showed shrinkage in the manufacturing sector of the world`s second-largest economy, a key driver of global growth. PMI readings above 50 point to growth.
Feb 02, 2015, 08:21 AM IST
China's fiscal revenue growth declines to 23-year low
Chinese Finance Ministry said fiscal revenue stood at 14.04 trillion yuan (USD 2.3 trillion) compared to USD 2.11 trillion in 2013.
Jan 30, 2015, 14:57 PM IST
China should not be judged by GDP alone: Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday said that China should not be judged by GDP alone, days after the country recorded last year's economic growth at 7.4 percent, missing the official target and slumping to a 24-year low.
Jan 24, 2015, 20:26 PM IST
Who's afraid of China's economy slowing? Not Alibaba's Jack Ma
Jack Ma, executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, isn`t worried about slowing Chinese economic growth, he told a meeting of business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland.
Jan 23, 2015, 18:39 PM IST
China`s e-commerce transactions hit $2 trillion in 2014
China`s e-commerce boomed in 2014 with transactions reaching around 13 trillion yuan ($2.09 trillion), the government said Wednesday, as Beijing looks online for new drivers of growth.
Jan 21, 2015, 16:55 PM IST
China`s Xi Jinping gets 62% pay rise: Report
Xi`s basic monthly pay will go up to 11,385 yuan ($1,832) from 7,020 yuan, the China Daily said, citing announcements by the ministry of human resources and social security.
Jan 20, 2015, 19:16 PM IST
China denies becoming world's largest economy on PPP terms
China Tuesday refuted claims that it has overtaken the United States as the world's largest economy on purchasing power parity (PPP).
Jan 20, 2015, 18:53 PM IST
China posts weakest annual growth in 24 years
China`s economic growth held steady at 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, slightly better than expected but still hovering at its weakest since the global financial crisis, keeping pressure on policymakers to head off a sharper slowdown.
Jan 20, 2015, 10:11 AM IST
China shares slump 7.70%, biggest fall in six years
Chinese shares closed down 7.70 percent on Monday, the biggest fall in more than six years, after regulators cracked down on margin trading that has fuelled a market rally, analysts said.
Jan 19, 2015, 13:35 PM IST
China growth hit 24-year low in 2014: Survey
China`s annual GDP growth slowed to its weakest rate in more than two decades in 2014, according to an AFP survey, projecting further deceleration in the world`s second-largest economy this year.
Jan 18, 2015, 09:51 AM IST
China unveils fresh support measures as economy shows renewed weakness
China announced fresh support measures on Friday for its slowing economy after data showed a worrying drop in bank lending and foreign investment growth falling to a two-year low.
Jan 16, 2015, 12:31 PM IST
China's FDI growth slows in 2014 as economy cools, outbound investment soars
China attracted a record $119.56 billion from foreign investors last year compared to $117.6 billion in 2013.
Jan 16, 2015, 08:43 AM IST
