$12 bln 

Additional consumption that China's new two-child policy is projected to bring

$27.01 bln 

Value of export deals reached at the 118th China Import and Export Fair, known as the Canton Fair, which ended on November 4

223 

Number of PPP projects--collaborative projects between governments and private companies that are mainly funded and operated by the latter--that China has approved since the end of 2013

814 tons 

China's gold consumption in the first nine months of the year, up 7.83 percent year on year

144.4 bln yuan 

China's service trade deficit in September, widening from the 143.6 billion yuan in August, and 107.6 billion yuan in July

57% 

Year-on-year increase in the trade value between China and Cuba in the first nine months of the year

0.65% 

Year-on-year increase in net profits of state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country's largest bank, in the first nine months of the year

$2.11 bln 

Value of farm products that China has imported from Viet Nam in the first nine months of the year, up 23.1 percent year on year

Copyedited by Calvin Palmer

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