NUMBERS 

2.44 mln units 

Auto sales in China in March, a year-on-year growth of 8.8 percent

788 mln tons 

Volume of freight carried on China's railways in the first quarter, down 0.43 percent from the previous year

2,572 

Number of peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms in operation as of March in addition to four new ones added that month, down from 12 in February

33% 

Year-on-year growth of China's investment in Australia in 2015

650 mln tons 

Throughput of Tianjin Port expected to be achieved by 2020

96% 

Year-on-year growth of online purchases in China's rural areas in 2015

$15.8 bln 

China's spending on luxuries in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 9 percent

112% 

Month-on-month growth of sales of pre-owned homes in Shanghai in March

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