BEIJING: Growth in China’s industrial output and retail sales accelerated in May, with consumption increasing at its fastest pace since December, official data showed on Friday, in signs of renewed strength in the world’s second-largest economy.

Industrial production rose 8.8 percent year-on-year last month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement, up from 8.7 percent in April and matching the median forecast in a poll of 15 economists by the Wall Street Journal.

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