40%

The year-on-year drop of flower sales in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, in December, due to a call to cut spending on official meeting decorations, according to the Southern Metropolis Daily

785 bln yuan

The estimated B2C online sales in China in 2013, nearly double the 2012 figure, according to Analysys International, a Beijing-based consulting firm

11.1%

The proportion of China's exports against world trade during the first three quarters of 2012, according to the Ministry of Commerce

$106.3 billion

The total amount of outbound direct investment by Chinese companies in the form of mergers and acquisitions from 2008-11, an average annual growth of 44 percent, according to the Ministry of Commerce

154

The number of Chinese companies that completed initial public offerings (IPO) in the mainland market in 2012

74

The number of Chinese companies that completed IPOs in ChiNext, the country's growth enterprise board, in 2012

$5.85 bln

The amount of capital raised in ChiNext by Chinese companies' IPOs in 2012