China´s industrial profits soar on building boom but pace slowing
(WorldNews China)

Profits earned by China’s industrial firms rose 23.8 per cent in March from a year earlier, buoyed by a continued construction boom, though the pace of growth eased from multi-year highs seen in previous months. Profits in March rose to 688.7 billion yuan (US$99.9 billion), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on its website on Thursday. In the first quarter, industrial profits climbed 28.3 per cent to 1.7 trillion yuan, slowing from growth of 31.5 per cent in the first two months......