China's gross domestic product (GDP) accounted for 9.5 percent of the world's total in 2010, nearly double the five percent in 2005, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday.
China's manufacturing growth is accelerating, according to preliminary data from a survey of purchasing managers, signaling the economy may withstand increased interest rates.
At least 187 million yuan ($28 million) has been misappropriated by individuals or companies involved in building the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, the National Audit Office (NAO) said in a report released on Wednesday.
Hong Kong recorded HK$30.1 billion ($3.85 billion) in its balance of payments account in the last quarter of 2010, representing 6.3 percent of gross domestic product.
Hong Kong's overall consumer prices in February rose by 3.7 percent over the same month a year earlier, slightly higher than the 3.6 percent increase in January.
China's centrally-administered State-owned enterprises (SOEs) reported a net profit of 131.94 billion yuan ($20.11 billion) in the January-February period, up 30.2 percent year on year, the country's SOEs regulator said Tuesday.
Micro-credit companies mushroomed in China in recent years, China's central bank said Tuesday. The number of micro-credit companies increased to 2,614 by the end of 2010, from fewer than 500 in 2008.
China's overseas direct investment (ODI) is on a long-term upward trend despite a recent slowdown, partially due to political unrest in some African countries, Yao Jian, Ministry of Commerce spokesman, said on Tuesday.
China Life, the nation's largest life insurer, said Tuesday its net profit rose 2.3 percent year on year to 33.63 billion yuan ($5.10 billion) in 2010.
China Telecom, the smallest of the country's three wireless carriers, matched expectations to report a 5 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit, helped by rising revenue from mobile and broadband services.
South China's Guangdong province generated $125.42 billion in foreign trade in the first two months of this year, a growth of 35.5 percent on the same period of last year, the local customs house said Tuesday.
The total value of China's newly signed overseas contracts fell 5 percent year-on-year to $17.76 billion in the first two months, said Yao Jian, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, Tuesday.
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