National Energy Program

Mainland factories see less profits for 4th month

30 Jun 2012

The mainland's industrial sector last month recorded its fourth year-on-year profit decline in five months, underlining the impact of the economic slowdown on manufacturers.

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Industrial profits in first fall since 2009

28 Mar 2012

The mainland's industrial sector saw profits fall in the first two months of the year, marking its worst performance since the world's second-biggest economy was still feeling the impact of the...

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Inflation at three-year high due to rent, food

22 Jul 2011

Inflation in the city is running at a three-year high of 5.6 per cent, with little sign of it falling any time soon, according to the experts.

The Census and Statistics Department...

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Inflation slows to 1pc; underlying rate flat

24 Feb 2010

Consumers paid 1 per cent more on average for goods and services last month than they did a year ago, the consumer price index shows.

However, if the effects of one-off government...

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Official think-tank keeps rosy forecast

11 Oct 2008

The fundamentals of China's economy are unscathed by the financial meltdown sweeping the world and the mainland would see relatively stable and fast growth next year, the government's top...

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State firms find convenient scapegoat for sorry results

19 Apr 2008

'Profits and profit margins have dropped because of raw material and fuel cost increases.'

This is the line you have been hearing in the past one month as mainland corporations...

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Mainland up to the challenges

The world's fourth-largest economy is going from strength to strength. The Post looks at how it is positioned to welcome the new year

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Higher windfall tax eyed amid oil crunch

Beijing may have to raise levy on crude producers to increase subsidies for refiners

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Beijing and provinces still playing old numbers game

Last year was a banner year for provincial governors in the mainland. Not one of them suffered the ignominy of having to report to Beijing that his province had posted a lower economic growth rate...

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Consumer prices rise 2.4pc on rent waiver

Consumer prices rose 2.4 per cent year on year last month, compared with February's 0.8 per cent and January's 2 per cent, the government said.

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Costs, levy to weigh on PetroChina earnings

Analysts expect oil and gas giant to post slower 14.2pc growth in 2006 net profit

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Reforms loom for resources pricing

The mainland's heavy reliance on cheap energy, minerals and land was set to change with steady reforms to resource pricing, a top planner said yesterday, signalling price rises in the next few...

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