Service industries opened for foreign investors, surpassing the goal of 100 set when China joined the WTO nearly two decades ago

44,052

Cars to be recalled in China by BMW due to problematic gas generators which pose a safety hazard to drivers when the air bags are deployed

$27.3 billion

China's service trade deficit in February after rising for four months, based on data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange

2,000

Members attracted to the Global Big Data Exchange (GBDE) in southwest China's Guizhou Province as of March 24. Coming from over 20 industries, they exchange and trade data-related assets and services at the GBDE

33.44%

Year on year net profit increase in 2017 reported by China's top property developer China Vanke, beating market expectations to reach 28.1 billion yuan ($4.45 billion)

9

Firms debuted on China's National Equities Exchange and Quotation (NEEQ) from March 19 to 25, bringing the total number of companies to 11,571. NEEQ is known as the country's "new third board"

$997.7 billion

Total external financial assets in China's banking sector by the end of 2017, up slightly from $993.3 billion at the end of September, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange

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