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China industrial profits up 16.1 pct in Jan.-Feb.

ProfitsofChina'smajorindustrialfirmsincreased16.1percentyearonyearinthefirsttwomonthsthisyear,theNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)saidTuesday.Thereadingwas5.3perc

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China's CPI up 2.9%, PPI 3.7% in February

China'sconsumerpriceindex(CPI)roseby2.9percentyear-on-yearinFebruary,datafromtheNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)showedFriday.Theincreasewasupfrom1.5percentforJan

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China’s PPI up 4.9 pct, CPI up 1.8 pct in December

China'sproducerpriceindex(PPI)rose4.9percentyear-on-yearinDecember,whilethecountry'sconsumerpriceindex(CPI)wentup1.8percentyear-on-yearlastmonth,theNationalBure

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China to apply unified GDP calculation method

ChinawillputinplaceaunifiedGDPcalculationsystemin2019thatwillseetheNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)takeoverdatacomputationfromlocalauthorities.Unifiedcalculation

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China's GDP expands 6.9 pct in first 3 quarters

China'sgrossdomesticproductexpanded6.9percentyearonyearinthefirstthreequartersof2017to59.3288trillionyuan(about8.9614trillionU.S.dollars),datafromtheNationalBur

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China's manufacturing PMI continues to pick up in September

China'smanufacturingsectorinSeptemberexpandedatthefastestpaceinmorethanfiveyears,addingtostrongeconomicresilienceagainstheadwinds,theNationalBureauofStatistics(

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China’s PMI in Sept reaches peak since 2012

China'smanufacturingsectorinSeptemberexpandedatthefastestpaceinmorethanfiveyears,addingtostrongeconomicresilienceagainstheadwinds,theNationalBureauofStatistics(

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China's May consumer inflation quickens to 1.5%

China'sconsumerpriceindex(CPI),amaingaugeofinflation,rose1.5percentyear-on-yearinMay,theNationalBureauofStatistics(NBS)saidFriday.TheCPIexpansioninMayisinlinewi

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GDP revision reflects real picture of China's economy

China's statistics authority altered the way quarterly GDP data are calculated, a move analysts have called a step toward meeting international standards and improving accuracy.

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Head of China National Statistics Bureau under probe

Wang Baoan, head of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), is being investigated for "severe disciplinary violation," according to the top anti-graft body of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

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China's GDP expands 7 pct in Q2

​China's economy posted 7-percent growth year on year in the second quarter of 2015, unchanged from 7 percent in the first quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Wednesday.

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China 2014 growth at 24-year low

China's economy grew 7.4 percent in 2014, in line with market expectations and registering the weakest expansion in 24 years, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday.

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Small businesses take up 95.6 pct of Chinese firms

China had 7.85 million small and micro-sized enterprises as of the end of 2013 in the industrial and tertiary sectors, accounting for 95.6 percent of the total, official data showed on Tuesday.

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China to update national economy accounting system

China's National Bureau of Statistics plans to revise the current system of measuring the national economy in line with latest international standards, an NBS official said.

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Chinese county's fake economic data exposed

China's National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday announced it had uncovered a serious case involving the faking of economic data by a county government in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

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China to collect more accurate investment data

China will start a pilot reform of data collection relating to fixed asset investment in 2013, so as to make local economic statistics more reliable, the China Business News reported Monday.