The total volume of retail consumer goods was nearly 3.27 trillion yuan (about 395.02 billion US dollars) in the first three quarters this year, up 8.6 percent over the same period last year, ...

THE National Blood Service has created a new national fleet department in Manchester to take central control of its fleet. Until the launch of the Manchester headquarters, management of the fleet's ...

China's domestic retail sales reached about 1,944.8 billion yuan (US$234.3 billion) in the first six months of 2002, rising 8.6 percent year-on-year, official figures show. The National Bureau of ...

China's industrial output value hit 3148.2 billion yuan (US$380 billion) in 2002, registering a 12.6-percent growth year-on-year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In a report ...

Over the last 4 years, China has seen a 62% increase in the growth of its oil and gas pipeline networks, which now extend a total of 48,000 km, according to official figures. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10-- ...

China's economy grew 7.9% in the first nine months of 2002, thanks to strong international demand for its products and heavy government spending. Figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) ...

China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that over the past five years China's industrial economy has been developing in a healthy, fast and steady way amid structural adjustment, and the ...

The National Bank of Sharjah (NBS), the first bank to conver itself from a conventional to a fully Islamic bank, has posted a drop in net profit from Dh76.30 million to Dh56.008 million in 2002. The ...

From April 1, 2002, NBS website (China Statistical Information Network) is shifted to newly designed version. The main purpose is to offer better services for the public. NBS website is the only net ...