China's fiscal revenue for last December reached 508.4 billion yuan ($74.45 billion), up 55.8 percent year on year, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced.

China Vanke Co, Ltd, the country's largest property developer by market value, said Friday its revenue from total floor space sold in January surged 185.9 percent year on year.

China's current account balance dropped 35 percent in 2009 to $284.1 billion, preliminary data showed.

General Motors' Chinese sales soared 97 percent in January from a year earlier to a record high of 219,192 units, the auto maker said yesterday.

A total of 41 Chinese mainland companies launched initial public offerings in markets around the world last month to raise a combined $7.1 billion.

China Minmetals Corporation's 2009 profit fell 55.6 percent year-on-year to 3.15 billion yuan ($462 million) on weaker foreign demands and lower metal prices, the state-owned company said Thursday.

China confiscated 36.13 million illegal audio and video products during last year's nationwide campaign, the Ministry of Culture said Thursday.

Centralized procurement by the Chinese government has helped save close to 2 billion yuan ($290 million) in 2009, an official said Thursday.

Lenovo Group Ltd, China's biggest maker of personal computers, reported fiscal third-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as the reviving Chinese economy boosted demand for technology products.

Net profits of China Everbright Bank (CEB) rose 280 million yuan ($41.1 million) last year to hit 7.6 billion yuan, announced the Beijing-based bank Wednesday.