China economy will not have a `hard landing'
China`s economy will not have a "hard landing", Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday, despite widespread fears that the government will have difficulty managing slowing economic growth.
Mar 16, 2016, 14:07 PM IST
China confident of property market growth despite slowdown
Many felt that the economic slowdown will have major impact on the real estate which thrived during the heydays of the three decades of China's double digit growth till 2010.
Mar 15, 2016, 13:49 PM IST
China got $126 billion FDI in 2015 despite slowdown
China, witnessing its slowest growth in 25 years, attracted USD 126 billion in FDI last year, up 5.6 percent, with the majority invested in services and high- end manufacturing sectors of the world's second biggest economy, Commerce Minister said Sunday.
Mar 13, 2016, 12:54 PM IST
China sets economic growth target at or above 6.5 percent in 5 year plan
China is aiming for average economic growth at or above 6.5 percent for the next five years, the government said on Saturday, as the world`s no. 2 economy seeks to balance deep structural reforms, gyrating financial markets and softening global trade.
Mar 05, 2016, 09:37 AM IST
China to shed 1.8 million jobs in coal and steel sectors
China will lay off a total of 1.8 million redundant workers in the country's key coal and steel sectors as part of efforts to reduce industrial overcapacity, in the world's second largest economy, a senior minister said today.
Feb 29, 2016, 18:40 PM IST
China cuts bank reserve requirements for economic boost
China's central bank today cut the proportion of funds banks must set aside as reserves, according to a statement, in the latest attempt to tackle slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.
Feb 29, 2016, 18:39 PM IST
IMF Christine Lagarde chief stresses structural reforms
China is not the only economy in need of structural reforms as they are fundamental for the success of every G20 economy, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Friday.
Feb 26, 2016, 14:09 PM IST
China's central bank pumps-in USD 25 bln to boost liquidity
China's central bank has injected a whopping 163 billion yuan into 20 financial institutions to ease liquidity strain in the world's second largest economy, currently witnessing sluggish growth.
Feb 21, 2016, 17:33 PM IST
China one of great thefts of all times: Trump
Republican presidential front- runner Donald Trump has slammed China for the devaluation of its tightly-controlled currency, describing the Communist country as one of the great thefts of all time.
Feb 18, 2016, 15:23 PM IST
China exports, imports slump in January: Customs
Chinese trade slumped in January, authorities said today, as both exports and imports tumbled with feeble domestic and global demand dragging on the world's second-largest economy.
Feb 15, 2016, 17:08 PM IST
China sets 2016 growth target at 6.5-7%
China has set its growth target for this year at between 6.5 and 7 percent, the country's top economic planner said Wednesday, an acknowledgement that expansion will continue to weaken.
Feb 03, 2016, 20:04 PM IST
China manufacturing index falls to three-year low: Govt
Manufacturing activity in China contracted at its fastest pace in more than three years in January, government data showed Monday, underlining weakness in the world`s second-largest economy.
Feb 01, 2016, 19:06 PM IST
China crude steel output falls for first time in 34 years
China`s crude steel output fell last year for the first time since 1981, official figures and reports said Tuesday, amid a wider slowdown in the country`s economy and European accusations of dumping.
Jan 19, 2016, 18:06 PM IST
China posts slowest economic growth in 25 years
For the first time in 25 years, China's economy grew at its slowest pace at 6.9 percent in 2015, sparking global concerns over the health of the world's second largest economy and its impact on investors as the Communist giant embarked on painful economic reforms.
Jan 19, 2016, 09:03 AM IST
China expected to report slower but still strong growth
As international markets watch anxiously, China is due to release a flood of data Tuesday that are likely to show economic growth slowed in the latest quarter but still is among the world's strongest.
Jan 18, 2016, 23:13 PM IST
China's economy grew by around 7% in 2015: Li Keqiang
China`s gross domestic product (GDP) totalled more than $10 trillion in 2015 and the economy grew by around 7 percent, with the services sector accounting for half of GDP, Premier Li Keqiang said on Saturday.
Jan 16, 2016, 16:45 PM IST
China bank lending slides in December despite loosening
New loans extended by banks slid to 597.8 billion yuan (USD 91.1 billion) in December, against 708.9 billion yuan in November, the People's Bank of China said.
Jan 15, 2016, 17:07 PM IST
China December exports, imports fall much less than expected
China will release fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 economic growth data on January 19.
Jan 13, 2016, 15:57 PM IST
Japan to patrol disputed islands if China sails too close: Yomiuri
Japan will respond to any intrusion by Chinese naval vessels into the waters around the disputed Senkaku islands, known in China as the Diaoyus, by ordering its Self-Defence Force ships to patrol the area, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Jan 12, 2016, 10:00 AM IST
Chinese stock markets closed after shares fall 7%
In total, the markets were open for less than 15 minutes.
Jan 07, 2016, 09:17 AM IST