China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose by 0.9 percent year-on-year in Jan, down from 1.5 percent in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Feb.16.

With major infrastructure projects kicking off in early 2022 across multiple provinces in China, fixed-asset investment is on a fast track, which expected to drive economic growth as the world's second-largest economy aims to stabilize GDP rates amid rising challenges, experts said.

China is speeding up efforts to develop advanced manufacturing this year in a move to gain a key competitive edge in the global market and inject new impetus into the economy, experts said on Feb.11.

As more financial tools will be adopted to promote the construction of urban environmental infrastructure, more investment is projected to come to this sector, further facilitating China's green development, industry experts said.

China's first privately controlled high-speed railway in Zhejiang province will provide a promising example for private capital to invest in the nation's railway sector, experts said.

Increasing investment by funding major infrastructure projects is likely to drive growth in China this year as some local governments have prioritized GDP expansion, experts said.

The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, may implement another interest rate cut in the near future to shore up the economy while its US counterpart is expected to tighten its policy significantly, experts said on Feb.7.

Weaker economic activity in the eurozone during the first months of the year will give way to a rebound in the second quarter as the Omicron variant proves milder and governments become wary of imposing strict restrictions, said a Dutch banking company expert.

Facing an increasingly complicated external environment and more uncertainties, China is fully confident in and capable of maintaining sound, healthy and sustainable economic growth, said an official with the country's top economic planner.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Feb.5 China is ready to work with Qatar to launch the first panda cooperation in the Middle East.

Investment and financing in China's internet industry stayed at a low level in the fourth quarter of last year, said a report released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT).

Chinese customs authorities saw their tax revenue exceeded 2 trillion yuan (about 313.75 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in 2021, the General Administration of Customs said.