BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- China saw the added value of its building materials sector rise at a steady pace of 1.6 percent year on year during the first quarter, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
In March, the added value of the industry climbed 2.1 percent from a year earlier.
China's cement output reached 387 million tonnes, down 12.1 percent year on year in the first quarter. In March, the cement output fell 5.6 percent year on year to 187 million tonnes.
The output of flat glass rose 2 percent year on year in the first quarter and 2.2 percent in March, the ministry's data showed.
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