China’s industrial output expands 6 pct in H1

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Xinhua, Beijing :
China’s value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, expanded 6 percent year on year in the first half, official data showed Monday.
The growth rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than that recorded in the first quarter of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.
In June alone, industrial output increased 6.3 percent year on year, 1.3 percentage points faster than that registered in May.
In a breakdown by ownership, the output of state-controlled enterprises went up 5 percent year on year in H1, joint-stock companies up 7.3 percent, and that of overseas-invested enterprises increased by 1.4 percent.
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