Chinese consumer prices rose 4.6 percent in the year to December, Hong Kong media reported on Wednesday, a slowdown from a 5.1 percent pace in November that would alleviate the need for aggressive mon…

China has allowed domestic companies to move Chinese yuan (renminbi) offshore for use in launching overseas businesses and funding acquisitions, the Financial Times reported.
It is the latest in a ser…

China overtook the US last year as the world’s biggest economy when measured in terms of purchasing power, according to Arvind Subramanian, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for Internatio…

China said on Monday its trade surplus narrowed sharply in December, news that could help ease trade tensions with the US ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s meeting with US President Barack …

China will let the yuan rise about 5 percent against the dollar this year to combat inflation, an official newspaper said on Wednesday, while a former central bank adviser said the country needs to fr…

Research and Markets has recently added the report Selling Consumer Goods in China to their offering.
The Selling Consumer Goods in China report covers the 41 cities in China that offer consumer …

Chinese fruitseller told South China Morning Post that popular fruit items, such as strawberries shipped from the southern provinces, are cheaer than a couple of weeks ago by CNY4 (USD0.6) per kilo. T…

Beijing’s desire to spur domestic spending over the next five years has saddled companies with higher costs and difficulties when they borrow, according to an influential study.…

China’s economic planning agency unveiled regulations to prevent price collusion and monopolistic pricing practices, giving the government more tools to rein in inflation pressures.
The rules, w…

China’s inflation may cool after manufacturing growth slowed in December because of a tighter monetary policy and the closure of energy-wasting and highly polluting factories.
Premier Wen Jiabao…