Growth in home prices continued to slow in January, adding to signs of a cooling property sector, official data showed on Monday.
China's power consumption growth is expected to slow this year, according to the China Electricity Council (CEC) on Monday.
Wine consumption in China, after almost one decade of robust annual growth at around 25 percent, fell for the first time in 2013.
Annual copyright registrations in China exceeded 1 million in 2013 and hit a record high, the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) said.
Home prices dropped month-on-month in more Chinese cities in January, adding to signs pointing to a gradually cooling property sector.
China's machinery sector has too much capacity, but companies can cope with this situation by upgrading their products and expanding overseas, a senior industry official said on Monday.
One hundred and twenty deals were completed in the Chinese merger and acquisition market in January, for a total value of $8.4 billion, a decrease of 67.9 percent from December.
China's auto sales logged a new monthly record in January in a sign of robust demands in the world's biggest auto market, new data showed Thursday.
Last month,a total of 1,881,835 vehicles were sold in China, an upswing of 10.1 percent year-on-year, and 3.7 percent higher than December's sales figures.
Restaurants recorded their weakest growth for the Spring Festival in six years as an austerity campaign hit sales, the China Cuisine Association said on Monday.
Total consumption of natural gas last year rose 13.9 percent with total consumption hitting 167.6 billion cubic meters, according to a report by CNPC Economic and Technology Research Institute.
China's logistics sector grew at a slower pace in January compared with a month earlier, according to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.
China's retail sales for the week-long Spring Festival holiday ending Thursday rose 13.3 percent from the corresponding period last year despite falling luxury goods sales.
January continued December's decline and indicated the lowest factory activity since August.
The value of deals announced in the Chinese mergers and acquisition market reached a record high in 2013.
Vehicle imports grew 7.3 percent to 1.17 million last year, with a strong rebound in the fourth quarter helping make up for a decline in the first half, China Automobile Trading Co Ltd said.
China's State-owned enterprises (SOEs) administered by the country's State-asset regulator saw profits slightly up in 2013.
More than 845,000 publications were registered in China for copyright protection in 2013, up about 23 percent year-on-year.
China's State-owned nonfinancial companies reported annual gross revenue growth of 10.1 percent in 2013, while their profit increase dropped 5.9 percent, according to the Ministry of Finance.
China and the European Union on Tuesday started the first round of negotiations to forge an investment pact as both sides expect to open a new decade of ties between the two economies.
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