China's State Council has unveiled a ten-year national plan, Made in China 2025, designed to transform China from a manufacturing giant into a world manufacturing power.
Population organic growth (blue bars), net immigration (orange bars) and total growth (line), '000s
Rosstat reported a -0.2% decline in industrial production in Russia in January 2014.
Russian nominal GDP and nominal USD-terms annual growth.
China's overseas investment will maintain robust growth in the coming year thanks to the central government's reform plans, officials said on Wednesday.
"The government's reform plans suggest that China will further open up the overseas investment of Chinese enterprises. Policies will be optimized, and support will be increased. It's certain that the robust trend of China's overseas investment will continue," said Zhang Wei, vice-chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the China Chamber of International Commerce.
China's widening VAT reform has resulted in a tax reduction of 93.97 bn yuan ($15.31 bn) for businesses in the first 10 months of the year, according to the the State Administration of Taxation.