China's PMI rises for 5th straight month
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of China's manufacturing sector rose for the fifth straight month in April to 53.5 percent, up 1.1 percentage points from a month earlier.
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China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, fell 1.2 percent year on year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.
Xinhua
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Figures of the first quarter of this year show that 2.68 million jobs were created in China's urban areas, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday.
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 China's producer price index down 4.6% in Q1
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday that government stimulus moves to shore up the economy had begun to produce results, and the economy is now in a "better-than-expected" shape.
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 Auto exports dive in Jan-Feb
While the financial crisis has shut down many foreign businesses along China's coastal areas, a growing number of investors are moving westward to seek opportunities.
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 Oil firms bleed from low crude prices
In a bid to create jobs, Shanghai relaxed its threshold for business start-up loans, with a new policy that went into effect yesterday.
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Air China, the country's flag carrier, on Tuesday said it will continue to increase capacity 2009 and has seen signs of improvement in its passenger and cargo businesses.
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