China's industrial output, which measures production at factories, workshops and mines, rose 5.6 percent year-on-year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday.

Retail sales, a key indicator of consumer spending in the world's second-largest economy, gained 10.2 percent in March from the year before, the NBS said.

Fixed asset investment, a measure of government spending on infrastructure, grew 13.5 percent in January-March on-year, the NBS added.