• Sichuan's insurance premiums up 59% in H1
  During the first half of 2008, Sichuan province's insurance industry raked in a premium income of 26.44 billion yuan ($3.85 billion), up 58.84 percent year-on-year.
• Sports insurance: Still a long way to go

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• Investment Alerts: China sees record mergers, acquisitions in May
• Local Resources: Sichuan to restore tourism
• Industry Overview: Industrial output up 16% in May
• China & Globalization: Paulson: US-China economic ties growing in positive direction
• Biz Laws & Policies: China raising reserve-requirement ratio
• Development Zones:  Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone

• Exchangeable bonds to be issued
• Safety control at chemical plants urged
• Beverage markets await decision on Coca Cola deal
• Inflation rate likely to fall

• Vice premier leaves for US for economic dialogue
• Quake-hit Sichuan reopens 13 cities to tourists
• Beijing-Tianjin express rail testing ends
• Stocks see the largest weekly fall since '96