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China activity slows as pollution measures bite

Factories are forced to cut back on production and banks hold back on lending

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Published Tue, Nov 14, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Beijing

CHINA economic activity slowed last month as millions of factories are forced to cut back on production and banks hold back on lending.

Industrial output rose 6.2 per cent year-on-year in October, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, down from a 6.6 per cent increase in September.

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