21.2% 

Year-on-year profit increase of China's major industrial firms in the first seven months of the year

12.7 bln yuan 

Profit of PetroChina, China's largest oil and gas producer, in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 12.1 billion yuan

23.1% 

Profit growth of China's state-owned enterprises in the first seven months

$4.22 bln 

The expected size of China's industrial robot market in 2017, with service robot market reaching $1.32 billion this year

5,010 

Total number of Chinese domestic and outbound mergers and acquisitions in the first half of the year

$167.07 bln 

Trade volume between China and other four BRICS countries during the January-July period, up 26 percent year on year

6.4 bln yuan 

Net revenue of China's biggest online travel agency, Ctrip.com International Ltd., in the second quarter of the year, an increase of 45 percent year on year

71.2% 

Year-on-year increase in the sales revenue of Sany Heavy Industry Co., one of China's top three construction machinery manufacturers, in the first half of the year

Copyedited by Chris Surtees

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