For the whole of 2024 prices were up 0.2 percent, the same as the previous year.
China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was 50.1 in December, marking a third consecutive month of expansion
The world's second-largest economy has for years battled sluggish domestic consumption, a persistent crisis in the property sector and soaring government debt
Retail sales expanded three percent year-on-year in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, slowing from a 4.8 percent rise in October that was its best reading in eight months.
Earlier this week, Yellen said softness in the oil market presents an opportunity for more sanctions
The contemplated move reflects China's recognition that it needs bigger economic stimulus to combat Trump's threats of punitive trade measures, people with knowledge of the matter said
Beijing is also strapping in for four more years of tensions with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to impose stinging tariffs on China
Nvidia is also suspected of violating commitments it made in 2020, the statement said, when it acquired Israeli data center firm Mellanox
Exports jumped 6.7 percent on-year to $312.3 billion last month, China's General Administration of Customs said.
An aggressive market grab by low-cost Chinese retailers has delivered bumper earnings for some firms but has also intensified a bruising price war, exacerbating deflationary fears in the world's second-largest economy
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday raised its yearly growth forecast for China, but warned that Beijing's industrial policy risks a "misallocation" of resources and could harm trade
China's fiscal revenue slipped 2.7 percent in the first four months of 2024 from a year earlier, after a 2.3 percent slide in the January-March period, in a further sign of an uneven economic recovery
China's inflation rate quickened last month, official data showed Saturday, as the government works to boost spending in the world's second-largest economy
As doubts grow about China's economic recovery and its markets lag global peers, many of the financial firms are taking a hit on their earnings and are reining in their ambitions
Chinese policymakers have so far resisted calls to juice the economy through massive government stimulus, instead stressing the need to pivot towards "high-quality" growth
More than one in five of the roughly 100 million Chinese aged 16 to 24 were unemployed in June 2023
The positive data comes as senior officials meet in Beijing for the annual "Two Sessions" of China's parliament and its top political consultative body, in gatherings that have been dominated by the economy and national security
In January and February combined, exports surged 7.1 percent on-year
That balancing act likely means Chinese debt must go up to finance investment in high-tech industries, and manage the pace of the property downturn and the restructuring of municipal liabilities
