Numbers of the Week

2.505 trillion yuan

China's investments in the real estate sector from January to September grew 17.7 percent year on year to 2.505 trillion yuan ($366.5 billion), according to the NBS.

17.6%

Profits of China's state-owned enterprises fell 17.6 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2009 to 936.6 billion yuan ($137 billion), said the Ministry of Finance.