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Beijing (dpa) - In China, the economic situation continues to brighten after the corona shock.

Three important indicators, which the Beijing Statistics Office has now published, confirm the sustained upward trend.

Production in industrial companies increased by 7 percent year-on-year in November, which slightly exceeded the growth of the previous month (6.9 percent).

Retail sales also made a renewed leap, increasing by 5 percent in November after a plus of 4.3 percent in October.

Investments in property, plant and equipment rose by 2.6 percent in the period from January to the end of November.

All data were in line with analysts' expectations. 

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As a result of the corona pandemic, China suffered its first negative growth since 1992, with the economy slumped by 6.8 percent.

But because the most populous country seems to have got the virus under control, the economy has been picking up speed for months.

In the third quarter, the second largest economy grew by 4.9 percent year-on-year.

That alone was enough to more than compensate for the previous slump in the spring. 

The International Monetary Fund recently estimated that the Chinese economy will grow by 1.9 percent this year.

That would make it the only major economy that would even generate a plus. 

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