Figuratively Speaking

19.95 billion yuan

Value of government bonds to be issued by Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region this year, according to information from chinabond. com. cn on Wednesday. Xinjiang is the first region in China that plans to issue local government bonds in 2017.

4.5 percent

Contribution of China’s automobile industry to economic growth in 2016, according to an article posted on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission on Thursday. In 2016, the automobile sector accounted for about 2 percent of the economy.

8.36 trillion yuan

Assets of China’s publicly offered funds as of the end of January, down nearly 800 billion yuan ($ 116.32 billion) from the end of December, data from the Asset Management Association of China showed on Wednesday.