Figuratively Speaking

6.9%

Increase in first- quarter power consumption, the National Development andd Reform Commission said on Thursday. The rate was 3.7 percentage points higher than last year.

2.22m

Train journeys blocked by the authorities for people who have credit problems, the National Development and Reform Commission said on Thursday.

2,579

Public- private partnership projects announced as of by the end of March, the National Development and Reform Commission said. Of those projects, 52 percent were finalized after July 2016.

$ 647m

Value of a deal signed by a subsidiary of Chinese bullet train maker CRRC on Wednesday ( US time) to manufacture metro trains for Los Angeles, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

105m

Tons of crude imports by China in the first quarter, customs data showed Thursday. On a daily average, the country imports 8.55 million barrels, in comparison to the US’s 8.15 million barrels a day.

$ 225.3b

China Mobile’s market capitalization as of April 7, making it Asia’s most valuable telecommunications carrier, the Nikkei reported. Its market cap was more than twice that of NTT Docomo Inc.