Beijing Review – August 15, 2019

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NUMBERS

($1=7 yuan)

2.61 tln yuan

Total value of China’s

foreign trade in services

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2019, up 2.6 percent

year on year

107.93 bln yuan

Total imports and

exports of northwest

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Autonomous Region to

member states of the

Shanghai Cooperation

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half of the year

6.6%

Year-on-year growth of

overseas market revenue

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a subsidiary of China’s

largest oil producer

PetroChina, in the

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429.7 bln yuan

Retail sales of China’s

home appliance industry

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4.6%

Year-on-year growth

of the value added for

the Chinese chemical

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of the year

2.22 tln yuan

Sales volume of China’s

rural supply and

marketing cooperatives

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year, up 6.6 percent

year on year

19 bln tons

Total amount of

China’s road freight

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half of the year, up 5.7

percent year on year

116.31 bln yuan

Market scale of China’s

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half of the year, a rise

of 10.8 percent year on

year

(Source: National Bureau of Statistics)

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2018 2019

China’s Non-Manufacturing PMI

China’s Comprehensive PMI

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50

49

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China’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)

Over 50 = Expansion

Under 50 = Contraction

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2018 2019

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49.4

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54.2

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