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HOUSING ENSURED: A public rental housing project goes up in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The city plans to build nearly 500,000 homes for low-income residents this year (ZHOU HENGYI) |
Numbers of the Week
687.3 billion yuan
Net profits of China's 17 listed banks rose 33 percent year on year to 687.3 billion yuan ($104.35 billion) in 2010, said the consultancy firm Ernst & Young.
109.5 billion yuan
Sales revenues in the national program to subsidize rural purchases of home appliances totalled 109.5 billion yuan ($16.9 billion) in the first five months, more than doubling that of last year, said the Ministry of Commerce. |