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Macro: Economy in figures

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-03-16 11:39

China's industrial output in the first two months of the year rose 16.2 percent from a year earlier as factories produced more cars and trucks, the government said Wednesday. Output climbed to 1.11 trillion yuan, or US$138 billion, after rising 16.5 percent in December, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Rising capacity and surging exports have kept production in China expanding at more than 16 percent each month since April. (Bloomberg News)
 
China's urban fixed asset investment rose 26.6 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2006, the National Bureau of Statistics says. This compared with 24.5 percent growth in the first two months of last year despite government pledges to slow down the momentum in Asia's second-largest economy.For 2005, fixed asset investment rose 25.7 percent. (AFP)