FOR THE BIG AND SMALL: The seventh China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair is held on September 15-18 in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province. Nearly 3,000 Chinese companies and 800 foreign ones attended the event (LU HANXIN)

Numbers of the Week

397.5 billion

Electricity consumption in China rose by 14.7 percent in August from a year earlier to reach 397.5 billion kilowatt hours, said the National Energy Administration.

545.2 billion

Newly added loans denominated in renminbi totaled 545.2 billion yuan ($80.5 billion) in August, said the People's Bank of China, the central bank.