5.99 mln

New jobs created in China's urban regions from January to May, up 220,000 from the same period last year

496.8 bln kwh

Power consumption in China in May, up 5.1 percent year on year

51.8 bln yuan

Total investment value of the eight fixed-asset investment projects that China's National Development and Reform Commission approved in May

42.39 mln tons

Overcapacity in crude steel that China has cut from January to May this year

620 bln yuan

Value of outstanding loans for the Belt and Road Initiative provided by the Export-Import Bank of China at the end of the first quarter

6.3 tln yuan

Predicted economic output that 5G technology will drive in China by 2030

2.9 tln yuan

Value of bonds issued in China in May, down by about 100 billion yuan from April

6.5%

Year-on-year growth of China's value-added industrial output in May

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