China’s industrial production picked up pace in the first two months of 2024, accompanied by faster growth in the high-tech manufacturing and the consumer goods manufacturing sectors, official data showed Monday.
The value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 7 percent year on year during the January-February period of 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.
The growth accelerated 0.2 percentage points from December 2023, according to the NBS.
On a monthly basis, industrial output edged up 0.56 percent in February from the previous month.—Xinhua
