OutlookonChina'sBuildingMaterialsIndustryChinaInternationalEconomicConsultants(CIEC)April15,2002SectorIndustryReportDevelopmentandProspectofChina’sBuildingMaterialsIndustryin2001Buildingmaterialsindustryiscloselyrelatedtothedevelopmentcycleofthenationaleconomy
Inrecentyears,Chinahasimplementedaseriesofpoliciessuchasthepro-activefiscalpolicyandtheexpansivemonetarypolicy
Accordingly,thenationaleconomicgrowthhasrallied
Whiletheworldeconomygenerallyslidbyawidemargin,ChinastillmanagedtoachievearelativelyhighGDPgrowthrateof7
3%in2001
Underpinnedbythefastnationaleconomicgrowth,theeconomicoperationqualityofChina’sbuildingmaterialsindustrycontinuedtoimprovesteadilyin2001onthebasisofasubstantialreboundin2000
Accordingtolatestmonthlystatistics,thebasiceconomicoperationsituationofthebuildingmater