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

Construction: Output 2.27 trillion yuan ($330.9 billion), up 24.4 percent year-on-year; constructed floor space 3.7 billion square meters, up 20.1 percent; gross income 2.07 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 1.26 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 $16.33 billion, up 39.64 percent year-on-year, exports $24.78 billion, 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 53.5 million 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, up 7.67 percent. (National Development and Reform Commission)