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30 million

By 2020, there will be 30 million more

men than women aged between 20 and 45

in China, according to a report on national

population development strategies issued

by the National Population Development

Strategy Research Group.

50 percent

50 percent of top-grade commodity

housing in Beijing is bought by non-

Beijingers, according to Zhang Jiaming,

deputy director of the Beijing Municipal

Construction Committee.

17.49 trillion

China’s top-500 enterprises earned

17.49 trillion yuan (US$2.3 trillion) in

revenue in 2006, accounting for 83.5

percent of the gross domestic product,

up 6 percentage points over 2005, according

to the China Top-500 Enterprises

2007 List released on September 1,

2007, in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

11.5percent

China's GDP rose 11.5 percent in the

first six months of 2007, after increasing

by 11.9 percent in the second quarter,

said Li Xiaochao, a spokesman for the

National Bureau of Statistics.

70 percent

Foreign brands continue to dominate

the Chinese mobile phone market with a

market share of more than 70 percent in

the first six months of 2007, according

to a report by CCID Consulting. Nokia

enjoys a leading market share of 30.9

percent, followed by Motorola, Samsung

and Sony Ericsson

750 million

Of the 940 million farmers in China,

only 750 million are still working in the

agricultural sector with others migrating

to cities and towns, according to Chen Xiwen,

deputy director of Central Financial

and Economic Leading Group Office.

2,753

Chinese dishes and drinks

have been given official English names to

help visitors to the 2008 Olympic Games,

according to the Beijing Tourism Bureau.

66.17 billion

Trade between the Chinese mainland

and Taiwan rose to US$66.17 billion in

the first seven months of 2007, a year-onyear

increase of 12.6 percent, according

to data from the Ministry of Commerce.

20 percent

China's motor vehicle sales and

production increased by more than 20

percent during the first seven months

of 2007, according to figures from the

China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

7 billion yuan

In the second half of 2007, a special

fund of 7 billion yuan (US$921 million)

will be allocated for 10 major energyreduction

projects. Another 2.5 billion

yuan (US$325 million) fund will be used

to develop marsh-gas facilities in rural

areas, and about 4 billion yuan (US$520

million) will be used to construct sewage

treatment plants in cities, according to

a top official from the National Development

and Reform Commission.