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Thursday, 15 April 2010 |
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Chian's Statistical Bureau released China's Q1 economic measures Thursday. Compared with Q1 09, China's GDP grew 11.9 percent in the first quarter of 2010, 5.7 percentage points higher than the same period last year; industrial value-added increased 19.6 percent; fixed asset investment rose 25.6 percent.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, increased by 2.2 percent in the first quarter from the previous year. CPI growth in March was 2.4 percent year-on-year. Producer price index (PPI), a major measure of inflation at the wholesale level, increased by 5.2 percent.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) to China increased 7.7 percent year-on-year to $23.44 billion in the first quarter.
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