Following are some key statistics about China's industrial sector. Figures are for the first half of 2008 unless otherwise stated.

CONSTRUCTION: Output 2.2665 trillion yuan (330.11 billion U.S. dollars), up 24.4 percent year-on-year; constructed floor space 3.695 billion square meters, up 20.1 percent; gross income 2.0743 trillion yuan, up 25.9 percent; profits 49 billion yuan, up 42.2 percent. (National Bureau of Statistics)

STEEL: Output 299.96 million tonnes, up 12.51 percent year-on-year. (China Iron & Steel Association)

CEMENT: Production 648.05 million tonnes, up 8.7 percent year-on-year. (National Development and Reform Commission)

ELECTRICITY: Output of large power plants (annual sales of at least 5 million yuan) 1.68 trillion kw/hr, up 12.9 percent year-on-year. Coal-fired and hydropower generation up 11.7 percent, and 18.5 percent, respectively. (National Development and Reform Commission)

COAL: Raw coal output 1.256 billion tonnes, up 14.8 percent year-on-year. (National Bureau of Statistics)

CRUDE OIL: Output 94.33 million tonnes, imports 90.53 million tonnes, up 1.7 percent and 11 percent year-on-year, respectively. (National Development and Reform Commission)

AUTOS: Imports 16.333 billion U.S. dollars, up 39.64 percent year-on-year, exports 24.776 billion U.S. dollars, up 39.45 percent

Domestically produced passenger car sales from January-July up 15.79 percent year-on-year. Full-year production expected to exceed 10 million units, vs. 8.8 million in 2007. (China Association of Automobile Manufacturers)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Revenue 39.9 billion yuan, up 9.2 percent year-on-year. Mobile phone users 600.8 million as of June, up 53.5million from the end of 2007; 45.6 percent of population using mobile phones, 27 out of 100 Chinese residents using fixed-line phones as of June. (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology)

MACHINERY: Output up 21.6 percent year-on-year by value. (National Development and Reform Commission)

TEXTILES & GARMENTS: From January to July, exports 100.36 billion U.S. dollars, up 7.67 percent. (National Development and Reform Commission)