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30 percent

In 2005, China exported medical products worth US$13.8 billion, up 28.1 percent over the previous year, and imported medical products totalling US$11.84 billion, up 18.5 percent, according to a Ministry of Commerce report.

10,000

China is set to have 10,000 environmentally friendly hotels by 2010 as part of effort to improve ecological awareness in the hospitality industry. The Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and four other governmental departments called on industry bosses to conserve energy in their businesses in a circular issued recently.

78.32 million

China hosted 78.32 million tourists during the Spring Festival holidays, up 13.5 percent over the previous year, the National Tourism Administration said on February 5.

3.63 million

According to statistics released by the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government on January 22, Beijing received 3.63 million tourists in 2005 from outside the Chinese mainland, an increase of 15 percent over 2004 and the largest number of visitors to Beijing ever in a single year.

4.6 percent

China will hold its registered unemployment rate in urban areas to a figure less than 4.6 percent this year, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MOLSS) said on January 19 in Beijing.

14 trillion

The People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, said on January 15 that China's personal savings rose to a record 14 trillion yuan (US$1.7 trillion) at the end of 2005, or more than 10,000 yuan (US$1,200) per capita.

9.9 percent

China maintained its solid growth momentum in 2005, with an increase of 9.9 percent in its GDP (gross domestic product) amid oil price hikes, trade disputes and frequent disasters. Commissioner Li Deshui of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that China's GDP had reached 18.23 trillion yuan (US$2.3 trillion) in 2005, or US$1,700 per capita.

100 million

The World Bank said on January 25 that it had approved a US$100 million loan to improve the living standards of dairy farmers in parts of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

190 billion

The retail volume of China's social consumer goods reached 190 billion yuan (US$24 billion) in value during the Spring Festival Golden Week holiday, up 15.5 percent from last year's festival totals, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce.

1.8 billion

In the first week of the Year of Dog, the Spring Festival Golden Week holiday, Beijing received 2.1 million domestic visitors providing a tourism income of 1.87 billion yuan (US$232.1million), an average of 270 million yuan (US$33.5 million) a day, which makes Beijing a travel leader in the country.