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正$1.9 billion The net direct investment received by China’s financial institutions from overseas investors in the third quarter$100 million The number of loans that will be received by southwest China’s Guizhou Province from the World Bank over the next five years for rural development     

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正109.2 bln yuan The value of bonds that 10 local governments will issue this year under a trial program1.76 tln yuan Total profits of industrial enterprises from January to April,an increase of 10 percent year on year     

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正30 bln yuan China’s investment in water infrastructure projects in the Tibet Autonomous Region in the last two decades $15.3 bln China’s deficit from services trade in July,the highest level so far in 2014 12.6% Growth in net profit of the Agricultural Bank of China in the first half 15.5% Decrease in net profit of China’s leading electric car maker BYD in the first half     

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正1.5% The year-on-year contraction of China’s power consumption in August,which is in stark contrast to the3-percent rise recorded in July and the 5.9-percent increase in June 6.1% The year-on-year growth rate of China’s fiscal revenue in August,which slowed from the6.9-percent rise seen in July     

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正137.2%Increase in Chinese tourists to Sri Lanka in the first half of 201426 mln Number of smartphones that electronics maker Xiaomi Corp.sold in the first half of2014,a year-on-year jump of 271 percent     

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正7.37 mln The newly employed population in China's urban areas in the first half of 2014,with the registered unemployment rate remaining low at 4.08percent14.17 tln yuan Total outstanding loans to small and micro-enterprises at the end of June,an increase of 15.7percent year on year     

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正58 Number of approval items that the State Council canceled or delegated to lowerlevel governments to streamline administration on November 24 $2.3 blnvalue of agreements signed between businesses from Singapore and east China’s Zhejiang Province at the 10th SingaporeZhejiang Economic and Trade Council meeting held in Singapore on November 24 4% Decrease in business revenues in China’s telecom sector in October     

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正157Number of Taiwanfunded enterprises in the China(Shanghai)Pilot Free Trade Zone,with gross registered capital of$270 million13.44mln yuan Compensation that China’s distillery Wuliangye agreed to offer to investors for an alleged"false statement"     

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正1.98 mln units China’s auto production in May,down 4.4 percent from April6 mln Number of highemission vehicles that China plans to remove from roads in 2014 to reduce pollution3.85 mln tons Amount of carbon emission quotas that     

Where Are the Big Five Headed?

正China’s banking behemoths face unprecedented challenges In China, there is a widely held stereotype concerning major state-owned commercial banks: They never have to sweat or bleed to make money. Instead, they just lie on their back and whistle as torrents of cash flow to them endlessly.The good old days, however, may be gone. Although the five biggest state-owned banks posted profits as hefty as usual in 2013, they are now cornered by more     

A Debt Blow?

正Nerves of steel are needed in the face of market speculation after a rumored loan default By Wang JunState-owned steel magnate Sinosteel Corp.has been cast under a shadow of conflict and conjecture,a situation which many industrial insiders have attributed to the poor     

Turningthe TapBackon

正China’s central bank cuts interest rates to lift a sagging economy,but is it enough?Shi Hailin,31,is an investment project manager of a state-owned enterprise living in Beijing.After buying an apartment in the southwest Fourth Ring Road of the capital city in 2012,he became a fangnu,or mortgage slave,burdened with much financial pressure.Recently,Shi breathed a sigh of relief as the country’s interest rates were cut for the first