China may “move shortly” to help Europe unwound its crisis by providing an investment of as much as 100 billion euros

China’s trade surplus widened sharply to 27.28 billion U.S. dollars from 16.52 billion dollars in December

Food prices gained 10.5 percent in the month, contributing 3.29 percentage poiknts to the overal growth in the indicator.

A hard landing for the Chinese economy was potentially the biggest risk for the global economy in 2012

China has built up massive excess capacities, risking a hard-landing

The indicator of economic activities in the non-manufacturing sector fell to 52.9 percent in January from 56 percent one month earlier

“There are downward pressures on the economic growth in 2012,” Xie Xuren wrote, “Meanwhile, (we are facing) a difficult task to restructure the economy and there are still many factors pushing up prices.”

The final HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose slightly to 48.8 in January compared with 48.7 in December

The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) in China rose slightly in January to 50.5 percent, from previous month’s 50.3 percent

Investment from overseas fell 12.73 percent to 12.24 billion U.S. dollars last month from a year earlier

Total retail sales of consumer goods grew 17.1 pct in 2011 from the previous year;Fixed asset investments in the real estate sector rose 27.9 pct

Nearly 80 percent of economists polled expect that China’s economic growth will slow to 8 to 9 percent,amid global economic downturn.

China's PPI was up 1.7% and CPI rose 4.1% year-on-year in December.

At 52.5.As monetary easing and tax cuts measures gradually filter through, growth momentum should start to improve into 2Q.

China’s central bank will maintain a “prudent” monetary stance and “ensure the continuity and stability” of policy in the coming new year, said Zhou Xiaochuan.