PROPERTY GLOOM: A commercial residential complex is under construction in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. Sales of new commercial residences in the city from March 28 to April 27 dropped 32.2 percent month on month as the government stepped up a clampdown on property markets (ZHANG GUOJUN)

Numbers of the Week

303,637

During the three-day May Day holiday which ended on May 2, China's mainland visitors to Hong Kong reached 303,637, representing an increase of 21.6 percent over the same period last year, said the Hong Kong Tourism Board.

20.64 billion yuan

Sinopec Corp., China's top oil refiner, said its net profits in the first quarter this year rose 25.22 percent year on year to 20.64 billion yuan ($3.17 billion).