AUTO MANIA: Auto enthusiasts look at a car on display at the 2011 Harbin Spring Auto Expo held on March 22-28. Auto makers from home and abroad brought their latest products, totaling 476 cars, to the show (WANG JIANWEI)

Numbers of the Week

2,614

China had 2,614 microcredit companies by the end of 2010, with outstanding loans totaling 197.5 billion yuan ($30.4 billion), said the People's Bank of China.

30.2%

China's centrally administered state-owned enterprises reported net profits of 131.94 billion yuan ($20.11 billion) in the first two months of 2011, up 30.2 percent year on year, said the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.