Numbers of the Week
353%
Chinese companies' foreign direct investment in the first quarter of this year surged 353 percent to $19.34 billion compared to the same period in 2007, according to Chen Jian, Vice Minister of Commerce.
30 billion yuan
State-owned enterprises directly affiliated with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) were estimated to suffer total losses of 30 billion yuan ($4.29 billion) from the magnitude-8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, according to Li Rongrong, Minister of the SASAC.
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