China's industrial output rose 17.2 percent in the year to October, driven by sectors like electronics and machinery, the State Statistical Bureau said on Monday.

Industrial output in the January to October period rose 16.7 from a year earlier, the bureau said in a statement.

Factory output rose 16.3 percent in September from a year earlier and rose 16.5 percent year-on-year in the January to September period, earlier government figures showed.

(China Daily November 10, 2003)