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More positive factors are emerging in China's
economy but it still faces "complicated and grim economic
environment at home and abroad", Sheng Laiyun, the bureau's
spokesman said in comments published on the bureau's website.
"There are signs of improvement in the euro-zone economy, but
economic growth in the United States is easing and the Japanese
economy remains sluggish, while growth in most emerging
economies slows," he said.
Industrial output growth quickened slightly in April from the
previous month, he said but did not give specifics.
Industrial output rose 5.6 percent in March from a year earlier
- the weakest reading since the global financial crisis - and
economists polled by Reuters expected factory growth to pick up
to 6.0 percent in April.
Infrastructure investment rose more than 20 percent in the first
four months from a year earlier, higher than growth of overall
investment, Sheng said.
The government will fine tune its policies to ensure a
reasonable growth rate, he added in remarks ahead of Wednesday's
release of April output, fixed-asset investment and retail sales
data.
(Reporting by Judy Hua and Kevin Yao; editing by Simon
Cameron-Moore)
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