BEIJING -- China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 6.3 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday.

The NBS also said that fixed-asset investment in China went up 1.8 percent year-on-year while its retail sales of consumer goods rose 2.8 percent year-on-year during the same period.  

The surveyed urban unemployment rate in China stood at 5.3 percent in the first two months of 2026, the NBS added.