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The profits of Chinese SOEs fell 8.6 percent year-on-year to 669.01 billion yuan ($106 billion) in the first four months of 2012, according to the Ministry of Finance.
An official has given a gloomy forecast for China's foreign trade amid Europe's ongoing debt crisis and a slowdown in emerging economies.
Consumer confidence in the first quarter rose to its highest level since 2005, amid easing inflation and a cooling property market.
China's Q1 consumer confidencerose to its highest level since 2005 because of falling inflationary pressure and the government's determination to deflate property bubbles.
The government must guard against losses in euro assets amid uncertainty in the eurozone as Greeks head to the polls again on June 17.
China and the Netherlands on Tuesday agreed to expand their mutual investment and oppose trade protectionism to seek closer trade ties.
To be a white-collar worker, one needs to earn a monthly salary of no less than 20,000 yuan ($3,169), own an apartment and a car.
The preliminary estimate of the Macao SAR's foreign exchange reserves amounted to 130.3 billion patacas ($16.31 billion) at the end of April 2012.
China remains the largest foreign holder of US Treasury securities after boosting its stockpile by $14.7 billion to $1.17 trillion in March.
China and Australia should provide a fair and friendly investment environment for each other's enterprises, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said.
FDI fell for the sixth consecutive month in April, while capital flow from the EU into China continued to drop sharply.
China's electricity consumption growth in April was 3.7 percent Y-O-Y, the slowest in the past 16 months, indicating aN economy cooling down.