The numbers of imported vehicles in March reached a historic record, according to statistics released by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) on May 5.
China's capacity of rural hydropower is expected to hit 74 million kilowatts by 2015, said the country's Water Resources Minister Chen Lei Saturday.
Revenue from China's express deliveries hit record high of 6.18 billion yuan ($951 million) in March, bringing the first quarter revenue to 15.66 billion yuan thanks to the on-line business boom during the holiday season, figures released by the State Post Bureau show.
Sales of home appliances in rural China rose 128 percent during the first four months, boosted by a nationwide subsidy program for Chinese rural consumers, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Friday.
China's customs authority said on Thursday it had seized 13.68 million yuan ($2.1 million) worth of pirated goods sold online following a five-month clampdown campaign.
A report released Thursday detailed how the green traffic initiative promoted during the Shanghai Expo helped cut carbon emissions by 830,000 tons.
More than 60 percent of China's residents cannot afford an apartment and the high property prices in the cities are curbing the nation's urbanization process, experts said.
The 109th Canton Fair, held in south China's Guangdong province and a barometer of China's trade, closed Thursday with a growth in trade volume despite some setbacks.
The number of nurses in China has increased substantially over the past five years, with the country's longtime nurse shortage being addressed.
China suffered a loss of about $271.1 billion on its foreign exchange reserves accumulated between 2003 and 2010, because of the depreciation of the US dollar, said a senior analyst at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
China's key retail sales enterprises enjoyed brisk sales during the May Day holiday which lasted from April 30 to May 2.
A smaller number of students will take the national college entrance examination in 2011 than did in past years, according to a report released by a website run by the Ministry of Education.
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