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China's industrial output up 18% in July(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-15 14:23 China's industrial output expanded by 18 percent in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.
China's industrial output expanded by 18.5 percent in the first half of 2007. In June alone, industrial output jumped 19.4 percent year-on-year. Chinese retail sales in July rose 16.4 percent year-on-year to reach 699.8 billion yuan (US$92 billion), according to the bureau. Another major economic barometer - consumer price index (CPI) - rose by a 33-month-high 5.6 percent in July on food price hikes compared with the same period of last year, said the bureau. |
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