China Research & Intelligence Co., Ltd.

In 2009H1, the amount of inter-bank borrowing was RMB 7.9 trillion with a daily transaction of RMB 65 billion. The daily transaction increased by 7.8% YOY. The interest rate of the money market maintains stable with slight increase.

From January to May, 2009, sales revenue of Chinese petroleum processing, coking and nuclear fuel processing industry totaled RMB 712.365 billion, dropping by 18.38% YOY.

By the end of December 2008, the quantity of Chinese telephone subscribers came up to 340.804 million households, falling by 24.832 million YOY with an average monthly reduction of 2.0693 million.

In 2009H1, the output of Chinese yarn was 10.962 million tons, rising by 9.40% YOY. The outputs of Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, Zhejiang and Fujian ranked among the Top 5. The aggregate output of the five regions took up 73.75% of that in China.

With the improvement of people's living standard and the changes in consumption habits, Chinese people's demand for fresh frozen food is in constant increase. At the same time, Chinese consumers gradually recognize the importance of food security.

In the following years, Chinese online shopping market will maintain a high growth rate. It is estimated that the transaction size of Chinese online shopping will reach RMB 223.6 billion in 2009 and RMB 569 billion in 2011.

The growth rate of Chinese condiment industry has exceeded 10% for a decade. Condiment enterprises need to improve their technologies and update their management philosophy to occupy more market shares.

From January to November of 2008, the sales revenue of Chinese manufacturing industry on biological products and biochemical products totaled RMB 64.248 billion, increasing by 29.81% YOY.

In recent years, demands for polysilicon have exploded home and abroad stimulated by the demands in the international and domestic markets. China has been severely short of polysilicon and the price remains rising.

In 2009 H1, Chinese potash fertilizers totaled 1.549 million tons. Productions of Qinghai, Xinjiang, Henan, Shandong and Inner Mongolia ranked among the Top 5, whose aggregate production took up 95.26% of that in China.