China's economy posts steady growth in Nov

China's retail sales of consumer goods went up 4 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2025, totaling 45.61 trillion yuan ($6.45 trillion) during the period, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Dec 15.

In November, retail sales increased 1.3 percent year-on-year.

The value-added industrial output, a key economic indicator, increased 4.8 percent year-on-year in November, the NBS said.

In the first 11 months of this year, China's industrial output increased by 6 percent compared to the same period last year.

The surveyed urban unemployment rate in China stood at 5.1 percent in November.

Fixed-asset investment went down 2.6 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2025.

Home prices in China's 70 large and medium-sized cities generally fell in November from the previous month, official data showed.