• China’s industrial output grew 4.5% in August from a year earlier, accelerating from the 3.7% pace seen in July, suggesting that the recent flurry of support measures may be starting to slowly stabilise a stumbling economic recovery.
• The data released on Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) beat expectations for a 3.9% increase in a Reuters poll of analysts, and marked the quickest rate since April.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/china-august-industrial-output-retail-sales-growth-beat-expectations-2023-09-15/