China's service trade deficit in March, down from $27.3 billion in February

15%

Year-on-year growth of the trade in goods between China and Ireland in the first quarter

$128 bln

Value of goods exported from the United States to China in 2017, a historic high which makes China the third largest export market for U.S. goods

7%

Year-on-year growth of China's gross oceanic product—the total value of all economic activities involving the ocean—in the first quarter, slightly faster than the 6.9-percent increase for the whole of 2017

$169.6 mln

Revenue brought to Ethiopia by Chinese tourists in 2017

10.5%

Year-on-year revenue growth for companies in China's cultural industry in the first quarter

4%

Year-on-year net profit growth of China's largest lender by market value, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, in the first quarter

56.9 bln yuan

Total profit for member companies of the China Iron and Steel Association in the first quarter, a marked drop from the fourth quarter of 2017

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