China's paper-making industry logs steady output growth

File photo shows a worker using recyclable bamboo materials to make paper in Fengxin County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

China's paper-making industry reported steady output growth in the first four months of the year, official data shows.

The country's machine-made paper and paperboard output totaled 44.31 million tonnes from January to April, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

The reading was up 0.3 percent from the same period in the previous year, said the ministry.

During the period, operating revenue of major paper-making firms expanded by 2.3 percent year on year to 477.01 billion yuan (about 71.09 billion U.S. dollars), the data showed.