China's power consumption slowed sharply in July, adding to signs the world's second-largest economy may be losing steam.
The HSBC/Markit China Services Business Activity Index, which provides a snapshot of operating conditions in the sector, posted at the no-change mark of 50.0 in July.
Business activity in China's non-manufacturing sector slightly slowed in July, an official monthly survey showed on Sunday.
July PMI figures added to evidence that Beijing's stimulus measures were gaining traction in the world's second-largest economy.
Growth in China's manufacturing sector accelerated to 51.7, the highest level in more than two years in July.
The growth of China's real estate investment continued to slow in July, latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Wednesday.
China's fixed asset investment rose 17 percent year on year to 25.9 trillion yuan ($4.2 trillion) in the first seven months of 2014, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.
China's value-added industrial output expanded 9 percent year on year in July, 0.2 percentage point slower than that of June.
China's retail sales grew 12.2 percent year on year to 2.08 trillion yuan ($338.2 billion) in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
China's new yuan-denominated lending stood at 385.2 billion yuan ($62.6 billion) in July, down by 314.5 billion yuan from a year earlier, the central bank said in a statement.
China's fiscal revenue rose 6.9 percent year on year to 1.27 trillion yuan ($206.5 billion) in July, slowing from the 8.8-percent rise seen in June, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday.
The consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.3 percent year-on-year in July, in the same pace as with one month earlier.
China's producer price index, which measures inflation at wholesale level, dropped 0.9 percent year on year in July.
The Chinese economy may have touched bottom last month as manufacturing activity reached a nearly two-year high, suggesting that government support policies are having the desired impact.
Activity in China's vast factory sector likely expanded at the fastest pace in eight months in July, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.
China's economy grew 7.4 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2014. Growth in the second quarter stood at 7.5 percent, picking up from the 7.4 percent expansion in the first quarter.
Net profits of China's state-owned enterprises hit 1.9 trillion yuan in 2013, up 4.4 percent year on year.
China's trade in services expanded 15.3% year on year in the first half of this year to $285 billion.
China's State-owned enterprises administered by the central authority posted growth in assets, revenue and profits in 2013.
Rising sales and dropping costs of industrial firms in June and the low base in the same period last year all contributed to the high growth.
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