China’s National Bureau of Statistics is scheduled to release August activity figures on Tuesday, Sept. 15, around 10:00 Beijing time, per its 2026 press-release calendar. The cluster includes industrial production, energy production, fixed-asset investment, real-estate development and sales, total retail sales, and the commercial residential sales-price index. Calendar dates are preliminary and subject to adjustment.
August prints have not been released. A Sept. 11 street preview from Lundgreen’s Investor Insights estimates August retail sales at 0.6% year on year, unchanged from July, and January-August fixed-asset investment at minus 7% year to date. Those figures are estimates, not official results.
July is the last published baseline: industrial output rose 4.5% year on year, retail sales rose 0.6%, and January-July fixed-asset investment fell 6.7%, Reuters reported Aug. 17, all missing consensus. Soft goods demand is the watch, with elevated oil cited as a drag on auto sales.
Sources: National Bureau of Statistics 2026 Regular Press Release Calendar (Tuesday Sept 15; 10:00 Beijing; industrial production, energy, FAI, real estate, retail sales, commercial residential sales-price index; dates preliminary); Lundgreen’s Investor Insights Sept 11 (Next Week in China 14-18 September 2026; street estimates retail 0.6% year on year; FAI minus 7% year to date); Reuters Aug 17 (July industrial output 4.5% year on year; retail 0.6%; FAI minus 6.7% January-July).
