Core inflation, excluding accommodation and private road transport stands at 1.2 percent.
Analysts say a cooling property market can be one of the major threats to China's economy in 2017.
Non-oil domestic exports grow 9.4 percent, petrochemicals shipment jumps 28.5 percent.
Bank Negara Governor Muhammad Ibrahim assures there are no plans to bring in capital controls.
Lighthizer now gets a second go at his anti-free trade crusade, with the theatre shifting to China and the Southeast Asia.
A sharp rebound in manufacturing and services helped GDP to expand 9.1 percent quarter on quarter.
'Besides advanced technology and experience in management, China also need capital investment from overseas'
The Malaysian ringgit, Thai baht and Indonesian rupiah have fallen against the US dollar this year.
China's top leaders chose to stick to a "prudent and neutral" monetary policy in 2017.
The continued oil slump and the fall in current account surplus to 13-year lows also contribute to the ringgit's decline.
Analyst says currency's weakening has become inevitable as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is set to start easing in April.
Weakness in sectors like finance, insurance, construction and trade would push Singpore growth numbers down.
High speed rail line will 'boost connectivity, strengthen economic ties and enhance people-to-people linkages '.
'The growing mismatch between jobs and skills looms ahead and will worsen'
A rise in prices will encourage US shale oil producers to ramp up production, which in turn will drive crude prices lower.