Datang Telecom Technology Co, Ltd, a major developer of the Chinese TD-SCDMA 3G standard, Thursday said its net profit rose 25.91 percent to 57.47 million yuan ($8.41 million) in 2009 from the previous year.

The non-performing loan (NPL) rate of China's five major banks was down by one percentage point to 1.8 percent from the start of the year, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said Thursday.

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Net profits of the 34 real estate companies whose figures have been released totaled 20.82 billion yuan last year, rising 39.91 percent from the previous year, Shanghai-based business daily China Business News said Thursday.

China's retail sales increased by 17.9 percent in January and February over the same period last year, and totaled 2,505.2 billion yuan ($367 billion), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced today.

China's urban fixed-asset investment increased by 26.6 percent year-on-year to hit 1,301.4 billion yuan ($190.6 billion) in the first two months, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced today.

China's industrial output grew by 20.7 percent in the first two months year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced today.

China's producer price index (PPI), a major measure of inflation at the wholesale level, increased by 5.4 percent year-on-year in February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced today.

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, increased by 2.7 percent in February from the previous year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced today. China's Feb PPI up 5.4%

China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) will offer seven-year book-entry treasury bonds with a total par value of 26 billion yuan ($3.8 billion) Thursday, the ministry said.