JOINING THE SHOW: A model stands next to a Golf car produced by FAW-Volkswagen at the Eighth China Changchun International Auto Expo, held on July 15-24, in Changchun, capital of Jilin Province. A total of 132 Chinese and international auto manufacturers are expected to bring more than 1,000 cars to the show (LIN HONG)

Numbers of the Week

132 tons

China's gold output in the first five months this year rose by 3.67 percent compared with a year earlier, to 132 tons, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

126.27 million tons

China's summer grain output stood at 126.27 million tons, up 2.5 percent year on year, said the National Bureau of Statistics.