China's industrial output rose 8.1 percent in the first eight months from the same period last year, and in August alone the increase was 12.3%, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) last Friday.

China's exports in August dropped 23.4 percent year on year, indicating the country faced a tough exports situation, said a report on the MIIT website.

China finished 662.4 billion yuan (96.98 billion U.S. dollars) of industrial investment in August, up 23.1 percent year on year. Total industrial investment was 4.73 trillion yuan in the first eight months, up 26.6 percent year on year.

The transportation volume of goods increased 12.5% from the same period of last year.  In the first 8 months, total transportation volume increased 4.3% year on year.  Passenger transportation volume also increased 3.6% in the first 8 months.