China's industrial output expands 5.7 pct in 2019

Workers produce cloth at a factory of the Qicaihu Garments Weaving Co., Ltd. in Jinjiang, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 14, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)

BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, expanded 5.7 percent year on year in 2019, slowing from 6.2 percent growth in 2018, official data showed Friday. ■