BEIJING - China's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year-on-year in November, official data showed on Monday.

In the first 11 months of this year, China's industrial output increased by 6 percent compared to the same period last year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics.

The industrial output is used to measure the activity of large enterprises, each with an annual main business turnover of at least 20 million yuan (about $2.8 million).

A breakdown of the data showed that the mining sector's value-added output increased by 6.3 percent year-on-year last month, while that of the manufacturing sector grew by 4.6 percent. The value-added output of the electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply sectors rose by 4.3 percent.

Retail sales up 4%

China's retail sales of consumer goods went up 4 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2025, totaling 45.61 trillion yuan (about $6.45 trillion) during the period, data from the NBS showed.

In November alone, retail sales of consumer goods went up 1.3 percent year-on-year.

The NBS also said that China fixed-asset investment went down 2.6 percent year-on-year during the first 11 months of the year.

It added that the surveyed urban unemployment rate in China stood at 5.1 percent last month while home prices in China's 70 large and medium-sized cities generally fell in November from the previous month.