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Renminbi weakens against greenback

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 11 pips to 7.1159 against the US dollar on Wednesday, said the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.

Natural gas output maintains growth

China's production of natural gas has maintained steady expansion in the first five months, said the National Bureau of Statistics. The country produced 103.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the January-May period, up 5.2 percent from a year earlier.

Xinhua - China Daily