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In the first two months of 2011, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up 14.1 percent year-on-year, or 0.6 percentage point higher than that in December 2010.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Korea increased 1.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) increased 0.3 percent in January.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Japan increased 1.3 percent while The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) decreased 0.9 percent in January.

comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, released the latest results from a study of Internet usage in Southeast Asia. The report found that an increasing number of consumers across the region turned to online banking throughout 2010. In each of the six markets included in the study (Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines), visitation to the online banking category grew by double-digits percentages, outpacing overall Internet growth by a factor of two in most cases.

Health disparities remain significant between urban and rural areas, and among different localities and socio-economic groups in China, and more equitable allocation of government health resources is needed in order to fully achieve health reform objectives, according to a new report prepared jointly by staff of the World Bank and UNICEF. The report, entitled Equity and Public Governance in Health System Reform: Challenges and Opportunities for China, uses official data to analyze possible challenges to the implementation of China’s current health system overhaul.

In 2010, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the year was 39,798.3 billion yuan, up by 10.3 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was 4,049.7 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent, that of the secondary industry was 18,648.1 billion yuan, up by 12.2 percent and the tertiary industry was 17,100.5 billion yuan, up by 9.5 percent.

The sales price of newly constructed residential buildings in 70 large and medium-sized cities were reported that 3 cities of that increased more than 2.0 percent, while 3 cities decreased comparing with the previous month.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Korea increased 1.3 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) increased 0.6 percent in December.

In January 2011, consumer price index rose by 4.9 percent over the same period of the previous year. Of which, urban area and rural area was up by 4.8 percent and 5.2 percent respectively; the price of foodstuff, non-foodstuff, consumable and services expanded 10.3, 2.6, 5.0 and 4.6 percent respectively. Compared with December 2010, CPI increased 1.0 percent. The price of foodstuff climbed 2.8 percent, of which, that of fresh vegetables and eggs increased 14.4 and 2.3 respectively.

In January 2011, Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufactured goods was up by 0.9 percent month-on-month and 6.6 percent year-on-year; purchasing prices for industrial producers rose by 1.2 percent month-on-month and 9.7 percent year-on-year.