BriefTea
Every story in sixty words
Get the free app no ads · no paywallExplained in plain English
Who are China's statisticians?
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is China's official agency responsible for collecting and publishing economic data, including figures on factory output and retail sales. Their reports provide crucial insights into the country's economic health, as highlighted in the story where they attributed the poor July figures to extreme weather conditions.
Stories that explain this
Chinese economic growth slows down further as factory output and retail sales weakenRelated explainers
What is economic growth? What is factory output? What are retail sales? Why does China affect UK jobs? How did China become an economic powerhouse? What is China doing about AI? Why does China dominate? Why is China involved?The full catalogue
Browse every card filed under C →We would like to count visits and see which links bring readers here. That means storing a random ID in your browser. No cookies, no ads, no profile. How it works.