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HIGHEST DAM: The world's highest arch dam at Xiaowan Hydropower Station in southwest China's Yunnan Province is under construction. The station's No.4 power generation unit, with a capacity of 700, 000 kw, began operation on August 25, bringing China's total hydropower generation capacity to more than 200 million kw (CHEN HAINING) |
Numbers of the Week
206.4 billion
Net profits of 1,191 listed companies, which disclosed their performance for the first half of the year as of August 22, increased 58.5 percent year on year to reach 206.4 billion yuan ($30.4 billion).
159.24
China's gold output rose 8.69 percent from a year ago to 159.24 tons in the first half of this year, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. |