China's industrial production, which measures output at factories, workshops and mines in the world's second-largest economy, rose 6.1 percent year-on-year in May, the government said Thursday.

Retail sales, a key indicator of consumer spending, increased 10.1 percent in the same month, the National Bureau of Statistics said. And fixed asset investment, a measure of government spending on infrastructure, expanded 11.4 percent on-year in the January-May period.