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.
China's producer price index, which measures inflation at wholesale level, dropped 1.8 percent year on year in September, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
Growth in China's consumer inflation slowed more sharply than expected to 1.6 percent in September, the lowest since January 2010, data showed.
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.
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.
The capital market can now heave a sigh of relief as government policies and monetary weapons are apparently working toward achieving the annual targets, such as a 7.5 percent GDP growth.
Unlike the United States, China will not use quantitative easing to stimulate the economy but will target financial support to weak links of economic development.
The US has replaced Canada to become the most desired destination for Chinese real estate investors after the Canadian government tightened its immigration policy recently.
China must more actively participate in this round of global investment talks. If not, it will be left behind by global trends and find itself in an awkward position.
Positive signs of the Chinese economy can be seen in three aspects: trade, government policies and the housing market.
When community officials approached him with a "house-for-pension" policy that allows elders to deed their houses for extra retirement funds, they met an absolute denial.
Failure to prevent dubious listing by unqualified companies - and rigid profit - making requirements for firms applying to go public - have made the domestic A-share market an unattractive prospect.
With People's Daily joining in, discussions on whether China's real estate market will collapse are much more heated than any actual momentum in the market.
RRR is not the only or main constraint to credit expansion and credit is not the main culprit to the problems in the real economy.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday that the government is employing precise adjustment and control measures to make sure that the pace of economic growth will be no slower than 7.5 percent so as to ensure job creation.
China signed a long-awaited 30-year deal last month to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, according to news reports. There has been a lot of debate about the agreed price.
State Council on Friday announced that it would cut reserve requirement ratio for banks that lend to the agricultural sector and small enterprises.
Nearly half of European businesses fear their "golden times" in China are over, particularly for large firms with more than 1,000 employees and veteran companies with more than five years in the country.