31.   The price of food products in China surged again last month, the state statistics bureau said in a report published on Monday by the China Business Times.

32.   The statistics bureau said retail sales were boosted in November by a number of major conventions and events.

33.   The statistics bureau said merchandise exports rose eight percent in December while imports climbed just one percent.

34.   The Xinhua news agency quoted officials from the state statistics bureau as saying the state sector production figure was still rising owing partly to massive short-term loans in April.

35.   Under the new order, all investment projects must be registered with local statistics bureaus before the owners can apply to the planning commission for financing licences.

36.   The government and banks imposed credit restrictions on luxury housing projects as part of the official drive to bring down inflation, the statistics bureau said.

37.   The official statistics bureau says it acted in line with recommendations from the United Nations and Eurostat, the EU statistics bureau.