China's economic figures in Q3

China s GDP grew 9.6 percent in the third quarter from the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on last Thursday.

The growth rate slowed down from 11.9 percent in the first quarter and the 10.3 percent in the second quarter.

The consumer price index (CPI), China s main gauge of inflation, rose by a 23-month high of 3.6 percent in September from one year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.

The growth rate was 0.1 percentage point higher compared with that in August, NBS spokesman Sheng Laiyun said here at a press conference.

China s retail sales of consumer goods up 18.3% in Jan-Sept

China s retail sales of consumer goods rose 18.3 percent in the first three quarters year on year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said last Thursday.

The retail sales of consumer goods in the January-September period totaled 11.1 billion yuan, NBS spokesman Sheng Laiyun said at a press conference.

China s fixed asset investment up 24% in first nine months

China s fixed asset investment rose 24 percent in the first nine months year on year to 19.22 trillion yuan (2.89 trillion U.S. dollars), China s statistics authority said last Thursday. Urban fixed asset investment rose by 24.5 percent from a year earlier to 16.59 trillion yuan while rural investment increased by 20.5 percent to 2.64 trillion yuan, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The income of China s urban and rural residents continued to increase in the first nine months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said last Thursday.

In the first three quarters of the year, per-capita disposable income for urban dwellers reached 14,334 yuan (2,139.4 U.S. dollars), up 10.5 percent year on year. After deducting inflation, the actual growth was 7.5 percent, said NBS spokesperson Sheng Laiyun.

China s fiscal revenue stood at 628.72 billion yuan (94.66 billion U.S. dollars) in September, up 12.1 percent from a year earlier, the Ministry of Finance announced last Friday.

For the first nine months this year, fiscal revenues rose 22.4 percent from the same period last year to 6.3 trillion yuan, the ministry said in a statement on its website.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China in September rose 6.14 percent year on year to 8.384 billion U.S. dollars, bringing the country s FDI inflow for the first nine months back to pre-financial crisis level.

The September figure brought the total amount for the first nine months of this year to 74.34 billion U.S. dollars, rising 16.6 percent year on year, spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) Yao Jian said Friday at a press conference.

China s exports rose 25.1 percent in September from a year earlier to 144.99 billion U.S. dollars, but the pace of growth slowed from August s 34.4-percent surge, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said last Wednesday.

The country s imports rose 24.1 percent year on year to reach record 128.11 billion U.S. dollars last month, with the growth rate down 11.1 percentage points from that in August.

China s September new loans rise to 595.5 bln yuan

China's new yuan-denominated lending in September rose to 595.5 billion yuan (89.28 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 9.2 percent from August, China's central bank said last Wednesday.

China s banks extended 6.3 trillion yuan from January to September, 2.36 trillion yuan, or 27.3 percent, less than the same period in 2009, the People s Bank of China (PBOC) said in a statement on its website.

China s exports rose 25.1 percent in September from a year earlier to 144.99 billion U.S. dollars, but the pace of growth slowed from August s 34.4-percent surge, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said last Wednesday.

The country s imports rose 24.1 percent year on year to reach 128.11 billion U.S. dollars last month, with the growth rate down 11.1 percentage points from that in August.

The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) of China s manufacturing sector rose to 53.8 percent in September, up 2.1 percentage points from August, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said last Friday.

The reading of the September index was the highest since May and marked the 19th consecutive month that the index was above the boom-bust line of 50 percent.