Factory output revives in China

Steady recovery: Employees working on the production line for domestic appliances at a factory in Jiujiang in China’s central Jiangxi province. Industrial output increased 24.5% on a yearly basis in the first quarter. — AFP

BEIJING: Industrial production in China has returned to pre-Covid-19 levels amid efforts to revive economic activity and the renewed confidence of enterprises, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said.

Huang Libin, a spokesman for the ministry, said that during the first three months of this year, the utilisation rate of industrial capacity in the nation reached 77.2%, the highest for the same period since 2013.