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A |     HONG KONG -- China’s economy remains in the doldrums, data released Friday showed, with prices falling due to slack demand from consumers and businesses. Consumer prices remained flat in September compared with a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said, while wholesale prices fell 2.5%. Exports and imports also fell last month as demand fell in overseas markets. The faltering recovery of the world’s second largest economy from the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic is dragging on regional and global growth, though economists have said the worst might have passed. Trade ticked up slightly from the month before and manufacturing is showing signs of improvement. Earlier this week, the International Monetary Fund cut growth forecasts for China, predicting economic growth of 5% this year and 4.2% in 2024, down slightly from its forecasts in July.The IMF attributed its downward revision to weaker consumer confidence, subdued global demand and a crisis in the property sector that has made a big dent in business activity.China is due to report economic growth data on Oct. 18 and economists are forecasting the economy grew at a 4.4% annual pace in July-September, down from 6.3% in the previous quarter.Friday's data showed food prices dropped 3.2% in September, with the price of pork sliding 22% from a year earlier, a steeper decrease than the 17.9% drop in August.Core inflation, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.8% from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said, similar to a 0.8% rise in August.The recovery in domestic consumer demand has been much weaker than hoped for, and excess competition has provoked price wars in some sectors. “September's inflation data remind us that despite some firming in activity indicators recently, China's economic recovery remains challenged,” Robert Carnell of ING Economics said in a report. It forecast that consumer inflation will be at 0.5% for all of 2023 and only rise to 1% in 2024. China's producer price index — which measures prices factories charge wholesalers — has fallen for a full year, though last month it contracted more slowly than in August.Still, China’s manufacturing sector is showing some signs of improvement. A survey of factory managers showed activity returning to growth. The official purchasing managers’ index for September rose to 50.2 from 49.7 in August, the first time it had topped 50 in six months. A reading above 50 indicates an increase from the previous month.Car sales in China rose 4.7% in September from a year earlier, the China Passenger Car Association reported earlier this week. Passenger vehicle sales totaled 2.04 million units. The growth came ahead of the China’s long Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays in October. It's typically a bumper time for car dealers as people buy vehicles ahead of the week-long national holidays.And the real estate sector is muddling through the troubles brought on by a crackdown on heavy borrowing by developers that has hamstrung many home builders.“The housing market appears to have stabilized recently thanks to the latest round of property easing measures, which could drive a modest recovery in home sales and mortgage demand in the coming months,” Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics said in a commentary Friday. China’s global trade remained muted in September, with both exports and imports falling from the same time a year earlier.Imports and exports both slid 6.2% from a year earlier, although the economy declined at a slower rate compared to August after a slew of measures were released to support the economy.。

B |     “河港如海港”从愿景变为现实。今天，杭州下沙港海关监管作业场所正式启用，杭州交投所属港务集团与宁波远洋签下合作协议，标志着杭州首个千吨级内河港口正式具备外贸货物进出口通关作业能力，杭州制造企业“货到下沙、查验跑口岸、放行等宁波”的分割体验将成为历史。依托“浙江e港通”数字化平台，下沙港积极探索港务、关务、船务一体化融合发展新模式，真正成为杭企“家门口的出海口”。“以前出口沙发，空箱调拨、公路转关、口岸查验要对接多方，现在走‘下沙—乍浦—宁波’海河联运，码头直接查验放行，综合物流成本下降约20%。”顾家家居物流负责人算了一笔账，得益于“一站式”通关模式的省时省力，企业将稳步提升下沙港的出货占比，充分发挥家门口口岸通道的优势。“省下的都是利润，更是我们在海外报价的底气。”作为杭州首个千吨级内河港，下沙港也是京杭运河二通道核心配套枢纽港。依托得天独厚的水运区位优势，港区已开通至乍浦、宁波舟山港等13条航线，64标箱船舶实现“天天班”往返，海河联运路网日趋成熟。此次海关监管作业场所投用，企业无需再把货拉到海关排队，港区一次查验、数据直通口岸。“港口不只是一个码头，更是城市给外贸企业降本增效的接口。”杭州交投集团相关负责人表示。下沙港监管场所启用后，杭州本地千吨级内河港首次具备完整临港监管功能，钱塘、临平、萧山及绍兴、嘉兴周边的外贸企业，不必再为“找口岸、等查验、调空箱”费时费力，可将更多重心放回产品研发与市场接单上。据悉，自2023年7月开港以来，下沙港运营态势良好：截至今年上半年，累计完成集装箱吞吐量48.5万标箱、散杂货吞吐量超1100万吨。同时，下沙港服务已覆盖超1000家企业，涉及汽车、智能制造、机械、家具、纺织等多个产业，每年为腹地企业平均降低物流成本超千万元，显著优化了区域营商环境。在智慧赋能、绿色转型的发展趋势下，下沙港持续探索内河航运高质量发展新路径，打造“绿色能源+多式联运+数字化”发展模式，成功入选“首批全国绿色货运发展典型实践案例”，为全国内河航运绿色化发展提供了可借鉴的“杭州方案”，有力推动水运物流行业从“高能耗、高排放”向“智慧化、低碳化”转型。“政府指明方向，企业更有底气。”杭州港务集团表示，如今在“航运浙江”“交通物流降本提质增效”等政策指引下，公司正积极探索将新能源船舶调度纳入智慧系统，构建“零碳航运”数字地图，深度赋能杭甬双城记建设和长三角一体化高质量发展，打造高效便捷的“水水中转”通道，为杭州推进高水平对外开放，加快建设高能级开放强市作出积极贡献。随着海关监管场所启用，这座“黄金水道”上的内河港，正把城市开放能级翻译成企业家看得见的数字：少跑一趟车、少等一天关、少花一笔钱。

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