Numbers of the Week

$441 million

The World Bank approved loans of $441 million to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions from power plants in China. The amount, announced on May 27, is almost one third of the total of the World Bank's planned loans for China in fiscal year 2008.

$32.1 billion

From the beginning of the year until May 27, Chinese companies acquired 102 overseas companies for a total $32.1 billion in capital. This amount was $6.1 billion more than the value of total overseas acquisitions in 2007, according to research institute Dealogic Llc.