Published: Dec 18, 2023, 06:00 IST | Updated: Dec 18, 2023, 06:00 IST
The private sector, long the backbone of China's economic growth, is struggling to recover. Fixed-asset investment contracted by 0.5% in the first 11 months of the year, in stark contrast to a 6.5% rise in the state sector. The once-prosperous golden world innovation aluminium, amid declining orders and a real estate crisis, finds itself unable to break even.