Stockpiles of imported iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports surged 1.44 percent as of Nov 3 compared to a week earlier due to weak demand, new data showed Tuesday.
October's housing sales in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou surged to a five-year high in terms of units following a spate of measures to boost the market.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose 1.9 percent in September from a year earlier, standing at $9.01 billion, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Thursday.
The stronger-than-expected rebound in September indicates improved external demand and stabilization of the sharp growth deceleration.
China's exports saw the fastest growth in 19 months in September, expanding by 15.3 percent from a year ago to $213.7 billion, customs data shows.
China's service sector activity slowed down in September from a peak in August, data company Markit said Wednesday.
The services purchasing managers' index (PMI) compiled by HSBC/Markit pulled back to 53.5 in September from a 17-month high of 54.1 in August.
September data will show an improvement in China's real economic activity, albeit a modest one, Wang Tao, chief China economist with UBS, has forecast.
Activity in China's vast factory sector showed signs of steadying in September as export orders climbed, a private survey showed on Tuesday.
Activity in China's manufacturing sector unexpectedly picked up in September even as factory employment slumped to a five and a half year low, a survey showed on Tuesday.
The growth of China's property sector investment continued to slow in August, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Saturday.
China's urban fixed asset investment grew 16.5 percent year on year to 30.6 trillion yuan (5 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of 2014.
China's retail sales grew 11.9 percent year on year to 2.11 trillion yuan ($343.3 billion) in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday.
China's value-added industrial output expanded 6.9 percent year on year in August, down from the 9-percent growth in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday.
China Railway Group Limited, one of the country's leading infrastructure builders, has posted a net profit increase of 16.42 percent from the same period last year in the first half of 2014.
The Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd (Chalco), the country's largest smelter of the industrial metal, posted a first-half net loss of 4.123 billion yuan ($669 million).
Growth of tax revenue from China's real estate sector slowed in the past seven months and so did government revenue from land transactions, said a State Council report on Wednesday.
A rush by Chinese to gamble on the FIFA Brazil World Cup led to a doubling of lottery sales for two months in a row.
Combined trade volume of major wholesale markets in China increased 6.7 percent year on year to 9.9 trillion yuan ($1.6 trillion) in 2013, new data has showed.
Figures from the service sector's performance last month have provided further evidence that the economy is rebalancing along the lines that national planners intend, analysts said.
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 130349 
