Ahead of political gathering, China's economy starts to beat

Data points to an uptick, but employment still far behind last year's level

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 National People's Congress, China's parliament, will start to meet on May 22 and is the most important event on the country's political calendar   © Reuters

ISSAKU HARADA, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- Signs of a resurgence in the Chinese economy have emerged thanks to the government's efforts to escape the coronavirus-induced funk, though sluggish employment figures suggest a true recovery is still far away.

"There were positive developments in major economic indicators in April," National Bureau of Statistics spokesperson Liu Aihua said Friday.

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