BEIJING — Unveiled on Dec 15, China's key economic indicators for November presented the latest signs of strengthening recovery, as consumption and investment return to normal levels and the country heads toward world-leading positive growth.

Here are some highlights of the economic figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics:

— Industrial output expanded 2.3 percent from one year earlier, 0.5 percentage points faster than the rise for the first 10 months.

— Retail sales went up 5 percent year-on-year to 3.95 trillion yuan (about $603.7 billion) in November, picking up from the 4.3-percent gain in October.

— Fixed-asset investment rose 2.6 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of the year, 0.8 percentage points higher than the rise in the first 10 months.

— A total of 10.99 million new urban jobs were created in the first 11 months, meeting 122.1 percent of the target set for the whole year.

— Total investment in property development rose 6.8 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months, picking up from the 6.3-percent increase in the first 10 months.