2021-07-15 03:01:12 GMT2021-07-15 11:01:12(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) China s value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 15.9 percent year on year in the first half of this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Thursday.
The figure puts average H1 growth for the past two years at 7 percent, 0.2 percentage points faster than the two-year average of Q1 growth from the 2019 level, according to the NBS.
In the second quarter, industrial output went up 8.9 percent year on year, while in June alone, it rose 8.3 percent year on year, the NBS said.
The industrial output is used to measure the activity of designated large enterprises with an annual business turnover of at least 20 million yuan (about 3.09 million U.S. dollars). Enditem
2021-07-15 03:01:12 GMT2021-07-15 11:01:12(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) China s fixed-asset investment went up 12.6 percent year on year in the first half of 2021, compared with the 15.4-percent increase in the first five months, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.
Total fixed-asset investment came in at 25.59 trillion yuan (about 3.96 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first half, according to the NBS.
In breakdown, the investment in the primary industry rose 21.3 percent from the same period last year, while that in the secondary and tertiary industries increased 16.3 percent and 10.7 percent, respectively.
The investment in high-tech industries increased 23.5 percent in the first half, the NBS said.
2021-07-15 04:00:57 GMT2021-07-15 12:00:57(Beijing Time)
BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) China s surveyed urban unemployment rate stood at 5 percent in June, 0.7 percentage points lower than the same period last year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Thursday.
The rate was the same as that registered in May, said the NBS.
A total of 6.98 million new urban jobs were created in the first half of 2021, achieving 63.5 percent of the annual target.
The surveyed unemployment rate among those aged between 25 and 59, the majority of the labor market, stood at 4.2 percent in June, down from 4.4 percent registered in May.
The surveyed unemployment rate in 31 major cities was 5.2 percent last month, the same as that registered in May.
Output at highest Q2 levels in at least 7 yrs - Reuters calcs Pork output seen decreasing in Q3 - analyst (Recasts on quarterly data; adds analyst comment, graphic)
SHANGHAI, July 15 (Reuters) - China’s second-quarter pork production surged to its highest in at least seven years, official data showed on Thursday, after producers launched thousands of new breeding farms last year to rebuild a hog herd decimated by the African swine fever.
Pork output for April-June was 13.46 million tonnes, up 40% compared with the same period last year and well above the usual 10 million tonnes during this period, according to Reuters’ calculations based on official data.
China’s economic growth slowed to a still-strong 7.9% over a year earlier in the three months ending in June as a rebound from the coronavirus levelled off.
Growth slowed from the previous quarter’s explosive 18.3% expansion, which was magnified by comparison with early 2020, when the economy shut down to fight the coronavirus.
The economy expanded at a 1.3% pace in the April-June quarter compared with the previous three months, the way other major economies report results.
That reflects a return to normal for factory activity and consumer spending as government stimulus and easy credit wind down.
It was faster than the 0.6% expansion in the previous quarter over the final three months of 2020, which had prompted warnings the rebound was ending.