- The capital's power supply capability increased 124 per cent from 2001, the Beijing Municipal Energy and Economic Operation said in a statement. The city has invested more than RMB60 bn to improve its energy infrastructure since it won the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.

- The government has approved the World Bank's USD5.44 bn lending agenda for China for 2009-11, the National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement. The World Bank lending package will cover 41 projects in the next three years.

- Investments by companies from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region almost doubled in value from a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said. From January to June, the Chinese mainland approved the establishment of 6,900 Hong Kong-invested projects, down 8.2 per cent year-on-year, but investment used soared 94.5 percent to USD23.39 bn, state media reports.

- China's Ministry of Finance announced it would float RMB46 bn of treasury bonds in the next 20 days. This includes RMB26 bn of book-entry T-bonds and RMB20 bn in certificate T-bonds.

- The sales revenue of China's centrally-administered State-owned enterprises (SOEs) jumped 25.7 per cent to RMB5.77 tr in the first half of 2008, the State assets regulator said.

- The Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC) offered loans of RMB49.8 bn for rural infrastructure in the first half of 2008, the bank in a statement. The loans covered 574 road, farming, irrigation, water, energy and environmental protection projects.

- 253 million Chinese log on to the Internet regularly, making the country the largest web-user market, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said Thursday.

Last update : Sunday, 03 August 2008

Keywords : Statistics, Investment, Growth, Economy, Finance

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