Numbers of the Week

119 million

According to China Securities Depository and Clearing Corp. Ltd., the aggregate number of Chinese A-share market accounts reached 119 million on July 4, while about 16 percent were dormant partly due to heavy losses incurred in the past 12 months.

$193 billion

The total assets owned by foreign banks in China surmounted $193 billion at the end of March, soaring 55.39 percent year on year, and accounting for 2.44 percent of the overall banking assets at Chinese financial institutions, according to Xinhua News Agency.