CPI：1.2%↓in March

China＇s consumer price index （CPI）, a major gauge of inflation, fell 1.2 percent year on year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） announced on April 16.     

CPI： 1.5%↓ in April

China＇s consumer price index （CPI）, the main gatige of inflation, fell 1.5 percent year on year in April, the National Bureau of StatistiCs （NBS） said on May 11 .     

CPI： 1.4% ↓ in May

China＇s consumer price index （CPI）, the main gauge of inflation, in May fell 1.4 percent year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） announced on June 3.     

Retail sales： 17.9% ↑ in Q1

China＇s retail sales, the main gauge of consumer spending in the world＇s fastest-growing economy, rose 17.9 percent year on year to RMB 3.64 trillion （US$532.56 billion） in the first quarter this year, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） said on April 15.     

Macao＇s Visitor Expenditure Sees Year-on-year Rise in Q1

The per-capita spending of visitors in Macao stood at 1,649 patacas （US$206.125） in the first quarter of this year, up 6% year on year.     

PPI：6.6%↓ in April

China＇s producer price index （PPI）, a major measure of inflation at the wholesale level, fell 6.6 percent in April year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） announced on May 11.     

PPI： 7.2 % ↓in May

China＇s producer price index （PPI）, a major measure of inflation at the wholesale level, in May fell 7.2 percent year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） announced on June 3.     

Urban fixed asset investment： 26.1% ↑ in first 4 months

Urban fixed asset investment in China for the first four months this year rose 26.1 percent to RMB 4.67 trillion （US$684.4 billion） year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） announced on May 11.     

Imported food market grows

China＇s retail sales of consumer goods grew 18.6 percent in October year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） said on November 11.     

Retail sates： 17.9% ↑ in Jury

China＇s retail sales, the main gauge of consumer spending, rose 1Z9 percent year on year in July to RMB 1.22 trillion （US$180.8 bil- lion）, the National Bureau of Statis- tics （NBS） announced August 11.     

Im/Ex in May,2010：Exports Continued Recovery in May

On June 10, 2010, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s China （GAC） Republic of released the profile of China foreign trade import and export in May and the first five months of this year. China returned to a trade surplus in April on strong exports growth after posting its first monthly deficit in almost six years in March, and Chinas exports surged by 48.5 percent year on year in May, while the imports climbed 48.3 percent, the General Administration of Customs （GAC） announced.     

Retail sales： 15.8% ↑ in Nov.

China＇s retail sales rose 15.8 percent year on year to RMB 1.13 trillion （US$166 billion） in November, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） announced on December 11.     

Net profit of China＇s largest property developer up 30% in first nine months

China Vanke, the country＇s largest property developer by market value, said on October 25 that it raked in a net profit of RMB 2.96 billion （US$433.38 million） in the first three quarters of this year, up 29.9 percent year on year.     

China＇s fixed asset investment：28.8%↑in Q1

China＇s fixed asset investment in the first quarter rose 28.8 percent year on year to RMB 2.81 trillion（US$411.4 billion）, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） announced on April 16.     

Retail sales： 15% ↑ in first half year

China＇s retail sales in the first half year rose 15 percent to RMB 5.87 trillion （US$859.60 billion） from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） said on July 16.     

China＇s industrial output grew 5.1↑in Q1

China＇s industrial output grew 5.1 percent year on year in the first quarter, down 11.3 percentage points from the first quarter of 2008, the National Bureau of Statistics （NBS） said on April 16.     

Guangzhou port cargo： 12% ↑ in H1

Growth of China＇s foreign exchange reserves are slowing as the total reached US$2.4543 trillion by the end of June, up 15.1 percent year on year, the People＇s Bank of China （PBOC）, the central bank, announced on July 11.     

Im/Ex in July, 2010： Biggest Trade Surplus in a Year anda Half

On August 10, 2010, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China （GAC） released the profile of China foreign trade import and export in July and the first seven months of this year. China＇s trade surplus for July widened to its highest level in a year anda half,     

China-ASEAN FTA Better Off, yet Much Room for Improvement

Under the concerted efforts of China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations （ASEAN）,the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area （CAFTA） officially completed and initiated earlier this year is becoming a high-quality economic entity.     

China＇s reUance on coat to drop 7% by 2015

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. （Sinopec）, the nation＇s largest oil refiner, said July 20 that it processed 101.45 million tonnes of crude oil in the first half of 2010, up 16.74 percent year on year due to strong growth of the Chinese economy.