4 trillion yuan

Central Government spending on agriculture, rural areas and farmers increased 4 trillion yuan ($635 billion) from 2006 to 2011, with an average annual growth of 24 percent, said Xie Xuren, Minister of Finance on August 21.

3.23 billion

China had issued 3.23 billion bank cards as of the end of June 2012, an increase of 20.6 percent from a year earlier, according to a report released by the People's Bank of China on August 20.

0.6%

Crude oil output increased 0.6 percent year on year to 17.24 million tons in July as the current economic slowdown dampens fuel demand in the country, said the National Development and Reform Commission on August 20.

30 billion yuan

The Ministry of Finance sold 30 billion yuan ($4.74 billion) worth of 10-year book-entry treasury bonds at an interest rate of 3.39 percent from August 23-27.

$4.73 billion

From January to July, paid-in foreign direct investment (FDI) from Japan totaled $4.73 billion, up 19.1 percent year on year.

$30.79 billion

From January to July, paid-in FDI in the service sector totaled $30.79 billion, a 3.2-percent year-on-year drop.

8.7 %

From January to July, paid-in FDI in central China totaled $5.44 billion, up 8.7 percent year on year.