EQUIPMENT EXPO: Visitors look at a controllable pitch propeller system used on vessels at the ninth China International Equipment Manufacturing Exposition. The expo opened on September 1 in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province. More than 580 enterprises from home and abroad brought their latest products to the show (GUO YU)

Numbers of the Week

26.13 billion

Exports of Chinese agricultural products in the first seven months of 2010 surged 22.9 percent year on year to $26.13 billion, said the Ministry of Agriculture.

343.4 billion

Combined net profits of China's 16 listed banks reached 343.4 billion yuan ($50.5 billion) in the first half of this year, representing a growth of 45.67 percent from one year ago.