Growth in China’s industrial profits slowed for a third straight month to the weakest pace this year, as a cooling economy weighed on production and price gains. China's industrial profits growth slowed to its weakest pace this year, expanding 11.2% from a year earlier, according to National Bureau of Statistics data on Thursday. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Growth in China’s industrial profits slowed for a third straight month to the weakest pace this year, as a cooling economy weighed on production and price gains.S1

• China's industrial profits growth slowed to its weakest pace this year, expanding 11.2% from a year earlier, according to National Bureau of Statistics data on Thursday.S2