-- China's industrial capacity utilization rate stood at 73.6% in the first quarter, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics released Thursday.
The indicator fell 1.3 percentage points from the fourth quarter, the NBS said.
Capacity utilization in the mining sector was 72.1%, while that of the manufacturing sector reached 73.9%, and that of the utilities sector was 71.9%, according to the bureau.
Capacity utilization is the ratio of actual output to production capacity, the NBS said.