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Li Xiaochao (back R), spokesman of China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), speaks during a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, on April 16, 2008. China's economic growth slowed to 10.6 percent in the first quarter from 11.7 percent in the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday.(Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer
price index (CPI), a measure of inflation, was up 8.3 percent in March of this
year, as against the 8.7 percent level for the previous month.
Li Xiaochao, spokesperson of the National Bureau of
Statistics of China said Wednesday the country's CPI for the first quarter of
this year was eight percent. Full story
BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's economic
growth slowed down slightly to 10.6 percent in the first quarter, compared with
11.7 percent in the same period of last year, the government said
Wednesday. Full story
BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's
industrial production rose 16.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of
2008. The increase was 1.9 percentage points lower than that in the same period
of 2007, said the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. Full story
BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's retail
sales of consumer goods in the first quarter rose 20.6 percent year on year to
2,555.5 billion yuan (about 365 billion U.S. dollars), the National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday. Full story
BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's
first-quarter fixed asset investment surged 24.6 percent to 2.18 trillion yuan
(311 billion U.S. dollars) from a year earlier, Li Xiaochao, spokesman of the
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. Full story
