40

In the first six months， 18 countries and regions have made 40 trade remedy investigations against Chinese products， a jump of 38 percent from a year earlier， MOC spokesman Shen Danyang said at a regular press conference.

27.6%

Lottery sales in China rose 27.6 percent year on year in the first six months to reach 129.06 billion yuan (20.49 billion U.S. dollars)， the Ministry of Finance(MOF) said on July 18.

233m

The number of motor vehicles in China in June topped 233 million， including 114 million automobiles and 103 motorcycles， figures released on July 17 by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) have showed.

48.2%

China’s outbound direct investment (ODI) in the non-financial sector hit 35.42 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2012， up 48.2 percent year on year， the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on July 17.

6.9%

China attracted 12 billion U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) in June， 6.9 percent less than a year earlier， the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on July 17.

7%

China’s electricity use， a key indicator of industrial activity， is expected to grow 7 percent this year to reach 5.1 trillion kilowatt-hours(kwh) as the cou nt r y’s pro-growth p o l i c i e s gradually take effect， an official forecast on July 16.

11.6%

The profits of China’s state-owned enterprises(SOEs) fell 11.6 percent year on year to 1.02 trillion yuan($161.4 billion) in the first half of 2012， showed data released on July 16.

20.4%

China’s urban fixed asset investment rose 20.4 percent year-on-year to 15.07 trillion yuan ($2.38 trillion) in the first half of 2012， the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on July 13.

13.7%

China’s retail sales grew 13.7 percent year-on-year in June， slightly down from 13.8 percent in May， the NBS said on July 13.

2.1%

China’s P r o d u c e r Price Index(PPI)， a main gauge of inflation at the whole s a le level， fell 2.1 percent in June from a year earlier， the NBS announced on July 9.

19.8%

Macao’s gross gaming revenues for the first half of this year increased 19.8 percent year-on-year to 148.73 billion patacas ($18.59 billion)， according to official figures.

9.5%

China’s industrial value-added output expanded 9.5 percent year-on-year in June， a pace faster than a month ago when it eased to a three-year low of 9.3 percent， the NBS said on July 13.

12.2%

China’s fiscal revenue in the first half of this year grew 12.2 percent year-on-year to nearly 6.4 trillion yuan ($1.01 trillion)， the Ministry of Finance said on July 13.

$2b

The China-Africa Development Fund has committed to investing$2 billion in Sino-African cooperation projects， the China Development Bank， the fund’s shareholder said on July 18.

79

A total of 79 companies in China， including Hong Kong and Taiwan， made the list of the Fortune Global 500 for the year 2012. China has exceeded Japan to be the country with the second largest number of Fortune Global 500 companies， next to the United States.