116.8 mln

Number of self-employed jobs created in China by the end of 2015, a 47-percent increase from 2011

9.6 bln yuan

Taxes that Chinese financial institutions can save through treaties signed last year between China and countries along the overland and maritime silk roads

71%

Growth of China's new yuan-denominated lending in January, with the total amount standing at 2.51 trillion yuan

144%

Year-on-year increase of China's new-energy vehicles output in January, which reached 16,100 units

2 tln yuan

China's investment in water projects from 2011 to 2015

18.2%

Annual growth of China's trade with countries along the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road over the past decade

44%

Annual growth of Chinese companies' direct investment in countries along the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road over the past decade

13.1 tln yuan

Amount of China's outstanding loans for individual home buyers in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 23.9 percent

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