12/12/2007 1:25:00 PM
China´s consumer confidence was at the second highest level since January 2007 in August. Against this backdrop, China´s retail sales were boosted in August, with sales of apparel and footwear products among the best performers. According to the large scale department stores appar…
12/11/2007 2:56:00 PM
China´s consumer price index (CPI) jumped 6.9 percent in November over the same month last year due to food price increases, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Tuesday. It was the biggest monthly rise this year and an increase of 6.5 percent over October this year, leveling the 33…
12/11/2007 2:51:00 PM
China´s total foreign trade was 1.97 trillion U.S. dollars during the first 11 months of this year, up 23.6 percent from a year earlier. The amount surpassed that for all of last year, and the growth rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the January-October period, the General Administ…
12/10/2007 2:08:00 PM
China´s role as the world´s largest producer of viscose fiber is continuing to expand, with January through October output soaring 26 percent to 1,454,598 tons. Viscose fiber growth is surpassing that of any other fiber group and is being fueled by very strong demand from the appa…
12/10/2007 2:07:00 PM
Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan on Friday urged to save energy and boost domestic demand amid efforts to achieve a sound and rapid economic growth. Zeng told the national development and reform meeting in Beijing that ministries and local authorities should unveil more measures to better save energy…
12/10/2007 2:01:00 PM
China´s Central Government will increase its overall investment budget and continue to adjust investment structure, the nation´s top economic planning agency said on Friday. Ma Kai, head of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a national development and reform m…
12/7/2007 3:31:00 PM
A continued weaker tone is being noted in Xinjiang´s local prices. Late this week, Xinjiang ginners further cut prices in order to stimulate offtake. T229 prices are now offered at 14,000 yuan per ton, which is down from 14,100 yuan earlier in the week. T328 offering prices are holding for …
12/7/2007 2:58:00 PM
The continued appreciation of the Chinese yuan against the U.S. dollar is increasing the competitiveness of imported cotton -- since July 2005, the yuan has appreciated 10.48 percent against the U.S. dollar. China has indicated that it will allow the yuan to appreciate more rapidly, with daily fluctu…
12/7/2007 2:57:00 PM
A three-day Chinese commodity fair was opened in Chile´s capital on Thursday in a bid to promote bilateral trade. With over 60 companies in the automobile, telecommunication, machinery, construction materials and garment industries participating, the ExpoChina 2007 fair is expected to have …
12/6/2007 1:15:00 PM
China strongly opposes the United States´ preliminary ruling on dual investigations into steel tubes and woven sacks imported from China, a spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Commerce ruled on Nov. 27 that Chinese companies that produce lig…
