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50 percent
portion of farmers responding to a 21cn.com survey who said they had no plans to move to towns and settle down in urban areas.
30 percent
portion of people in China 18 or older last year who were overweight, up 7 points from 2002, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
170 meters (557 feet)
The length of the new subway station being built in Shenzhen, the longest in Asia.
(China Daily USA 04/15/2016 page12)
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