Statistics official said Saturday that foreign investment that poured into China over the past decade has topped $650 billion.
China invested 1.84 billion yuan ($284.54 million) during the first five months of the year to support agricultural projects, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance.
Sales of home appliances in China continue to boom under a subsidy program aimed at stimulating rural consumption and improving farmers' living standards, data from the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) showed Saturday.
China's sales of land for residential development fell by 14 percent year on year during the first five months of this year, due to the country's efforts to cool its sizzling property market.
China's non-manufacturing sector posted slower growth in May, with a drop of the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for the sector, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said Friday.
The purchasing managers' index (PMI), a key gauge of manufacturing activity, hit a nine-month low in May, sparking fears that ongoing monetary tightening measures may slow economic growth.
Trading in China's four commodity futures exchanges surged 22.58 percent year-on-year in the first five months of this year, the China Futures Association said on Wednesday.
According to Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department figures released on Tuesday, the value of Hong Kong's total retail sales in April was provisionally estimated at HK$32 billion ($4.76 billion), 27.7 percent higher than a year earlier.
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) of China's manufacturing sector dropped to 52 percent in May, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said Wednesday.
Hong Kong's RMB deposits climbed to 510.7 billion yuan ($65.66 billion) in April, up 13.1 percent from the previous month, said the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on Tuesday.
Losses due to credit card fraud fell 32.38 percent year-on-year to 117.88 million yuan ($18.18 million) in 2010 with the fraud ratio standing at 0.0038 percent, down 0.004 percentage points from one year earlier, the China Bank Association (CBA) announced Monday.
The combined value of China's insurance premiums rose to 570.8 billion yuan ($87.8 billion) in the first four months of this year, up 109.08 yuan from the figure in the January-March period.
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