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2008/02/15

70.7 million

Nokia saw its mobile phone sales soar by 38.6 percent year on year to 70.7 million units in China in 2007, according to its quarterly report released on its Web site.

 

100 percent

100 percent of flour and 99.8 percent of rice on the market meets or exceeds national quality standards, according to a random examination of food products conducted by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

 

4 percent

Urban unemployment had declined to 4 percent in China by the end of 2007 amid increased government efforts to improve people's livelihoods, according to figures from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security on January 21.

 

59.4 billion yuan

Transactions via the Internet topped 59.4 billion yuan (US$8 billion) in China in 2007, with per-capita spending exceeding 1,080 yuan (US$146), according to a report jointly issued by the China Internet Research Center and taobao.com, China's largest online shopping portal.

 

13 billion yuan

The construction cost of the 31 Olympic venues of 2008 will be controlled to within 13 billion yuan (US$1.82 billion), according to Chen Gang, vice-mayor and commander of the Beijing 2008 Project Construction Headquarters.

 

 



 
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