Hong Kong's total exports of goods increased by 8.9 percent from a year earlier in October, said the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong government on Thursday.
China's foreign trade is expected to exceed $2.9 trillion this year, and the country expects its trade and international payments to be more balanced over the next five years, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said Thursday.
Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 4.2 percent in August-October period to 4.1 percent in September-November, according to the latest statistics released Thursday by the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong government.
China's power consumption in November stood at 346 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), up 5.36 percent year-on-year, according to a statement released Thursday by the National Energy Administration (NEA).
China is expected to be the world's largest exporter of machinery and electronic products in 2010, with export value of the goods up 30 percent year-on-year to $940 billion, said an industrial head Thursday.
The country's 2008 and 2009 wage growth may have been overestimated, a senior economist with the International Labor Office (ILO) said on Wednesday.
China's overseas direct investment (ODI) in non-financial sectors in 122 countries and regions reached $47.56 billion in the first 11 months of this year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Wednesday.
The number of Chinese mainland tourists visiting Taiwan this year is likely to top 1.2 million, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.
China's foreign direct investment increased 38.17 percent in November year-on-year to $9.704 billion, the Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday.
Hong Kong's foreign assets of the exchange fund amounted to HK$2,022.6 billion ($260 billion) in November this year, up HK$13.2 billion from that in October, said the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on Tuesday.
China's welfare lottery sales this year hit a record 90.4 billion yuan as of Sunday, 19.4 percent more than last year, the Welfare Lottery Distribution and Management Center said Monday.
China's consumer price index (CPI) will probably fall below 5 percent as government measures to control prices take effect, the country's top economic planning body said on Dec 11.
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