(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 16 mar - In the first two months of 2026, industrial output in China rose an annual 6.3%, up by 1.1 percentage points from December, with manufacturing up 6.6%, mining 6.1%, and services by 5.2%, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics.

Fixed assets investments rose 1.8% after the 3.5% fall in 2025. Investment in fixed assets was up by 5.2% excluding real estate development, which fell 11.1%. Investment in infrastructure grew by 11.4% year on year and in manufacturing by 3.1%, The floor space of newly-built commercial buildings sold fell by 13.5% year on year and the total sales of newly-built commercial buildings was down by 20.2%. The drop in private investment narrowed by 3.8 points compared with 2025 at down 2.6% or increased by 1.0% excluding real estate development.

The total value of imports and exports of goods was 7,732.1 billion yuan, up by 18.3%, 13.4 percentage points faster than that of last December. Specifically, the value of exports was 4,617.8 billion yuan, up by 19.2%, and the value of imports was 3,114.3 billion yuan, up by 17.1%.

Retail sales of consumer goods rose 2.8% year on year, 1.9 percentage points faster than that of last December. Online retail sales of goods were up by 10.3%, accounting for 24.2% of the total.

The urban surveyed unemployment rate averaged 5.3% in the first two months of the year, the same as the same period last year. In February, the urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.3%, 0.1 percentage points higher than that of the.

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