China economy

By JOE McDONALD - AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese consumer spending and factory output edged up in August but still were weak, official data…

Profits at China’s industrial firms fell 1.1% in January-July from a year earlier, wiping out the 1.0% growth logged during the first six months, country’s National Bureau of Statistics…

Hiring has fallen as China’s growth slowed to 0.4% in the second quarter, weighed down by COVID-19 lockdowns. Hiring has fallen as China’s growth slowed to 0.4% in the second quarter,…

By JOE McDONALD - AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders effectively acknowledged the struggling economy won’t hit its official 5.5% growth…

By JOE McDONALD - AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s economy contracted in the three months ending in June compared with the previous quarter…

Shanghai took further gradual steps on Friday toward lifting its COVID-19 lockdown while Beijing was investigating cases where its strict curbs were affecting other medical treatments as…

China will broaden its tax credit rebates, postpone social security payments and loan repayments, roll out new investment projects and take other steps to support the economy, state…

Mass testing of China's vast population could bring fresh misery to the economy, experts warned Friday, after Beijing vowed to regain control of the narrative around a zero-Covid policy that…

The country's gross domestic product grew 4.8% year on year during January to March, picking up pace from a 4% increase in the fourth quarter last year. The country's gross domestic…

By JOE McDONALD - AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic growth edged up to a still-weak 4.8% over a year ago in the first three months of…