2025-03-17
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Now, here's your host, Shane Bigham with you on this Monday, March 17, 2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
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China's economic performance remains steady in the first two months, driven by rapid growth in the industrial and service sectors.
Key indicators of the National Bureau of Statistics show that China's value added industrial output rose 5.9% and the service sector logged an annual growth of 5.6%.
Private sector has grown by more than 6%.
Fu Linghui is a spokesperson for the National Stats Bureau.
On the demand side, with the expansion of the trade in policy and consumption during the Spring festival, the market saw a recovery in sales and service consumption.
The retail sales of consumer goods climbed 4% year on year in the first two months of 2025.
That's half a percentage faster than the growth rate of 2024.
Domestic tourist trips during the Spring Festival increased by 5.9% year on year.