Real estate lending in China rose by 2.34 trillion yuan ($387 billion) in 2013, accounting for almost 30 percent of the total increase in loans during the same period.
Chinese contractors took $62.34 billion through international service outsourcing in 2013, up 42.2 percent year on the year.
China's consumption will maintain steady growth in 2014, with retail sales expected to rise by 13 percent, vice commerce minister Fang Aiqing said Thursday.
The vacancy rate in Beijing's core retail market decreased by 1.5 percentage points quarter-on-quarter to 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, the second-lowest level since the first quarter of 2000.
China's unconventional natural gas output was 112 billion cubic meters in 2013, up only 0.34 percent year-on-year, a record low in five years, Sublime China Information Group Co Ltd said on Tuesday.
China's insurance industry achieved 365.8 million yuan ($60.4 million) investment income in 2013 with a 5.04 percent rate of return, a record high for the past four years.
The annual profit growth of China's State-owned enterprises (SOEs) moderated to 5.9 percent in 2013, from 8.2 percent in the January-November period.
Home prices in major Chinese cities continued to climb despite repeated government efforts to cool the sector, official data showed on Saturday.
China's top five electricity companies on Thursday reported a combined net profit of 47.39 billion yuan ($7.78 billion) last year.
Trade through the Shanghai Diamond Exchange rose 12 percent to $4.3 billion in 2013, according to the exchange on Thursday.
China's dependency on imported natural gas is expected to surge almost 19 percent this year as the nation's battle against air pollution drives up demand for the clean-burning fuel.
Auto market in China is expected to grow 10 percent in 2014, driven by strong domestic demand, according to CAAM.
Chinese consumers with bankcards showed weaker confidence in consumption in December, according to an index released on Thursday.
After virtual stagnation for two years, passenger vehicle sales in China surged 17 percent in 2013, which beat industry expectations of a single-digit rise.
China's government issued fourth-generation mobile network licenses to the country's three telecom operators on Dec 4.
China's box office revenue reached 21.77 billion yuan ($3.57 billion) in 2013, increasing 27.51 percent year-on-year.
China's logistics sector grew at a slightly slower pace in December compared with a month earlier, according to figures released Monday.
Propelled by the policy change, multinational companies in the baby diaper industry have embarked on expansion plans in China.
Farming of contaminated arable land almost the size of Belgium has been halted and the land will be rehabilitated to ensure food security.
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