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One： Chinas year-on-year GDP growth in the second quarter decreased to 7.6 percent, making the economic growth in the first half of the year 7.8 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said on July 13. The growth is 0.5 percentage points lower than in the first quarter. Industrial companies with annual revenues of more than 20 million yuan ($3.17 million) registered 10.5 percent growth in added value in the first half of the year, 1.1 percentage points lower than in the first quarter. From January to May, the profit of those companies also saw a decline of 2.4 percent over a year earlier. 的增长是低于第一季度的0.5个百分点。年收以上的工业公司（3170000美元）的注册增长百分之10.5的附加值在今年上半年，低于第一季度的1.1个百分点。从一月到5月，这些公司的利润也下降了百分之2.4，较一年前的。 Fixed-asset investment grew by 20.4 percent in the first half, down 0.5 percentage points from the first quarter. Investment in property development, totaling 3061 billion yuan, in the first half grew 14.3 percent adjusted for inflation, down 6.9% from the first quarter and 16.3% from the same period last year. The retail value of consumer goods, adjusted for inflation, in the first half grew 11.2 percent year on year. 在上半年固定资产投资增长了百分之20.4，从第一季度下降了0.5个百分点。房地产开发投资，总额为3061000000000元，在上半年增长了百分之14.3，经通货膨胀因素调整后，下降了6.9%，从第一季度的16.3%和去年同期。社会消费品零售价值，经通货膨胀调整后，在上半年同比增长百分之11.2。 Two: U.N. Says Beijing Games Largely Met “Green” Targets Reuters, February 18, 2009 NAIROBI — The Beijing Olympics met, if not exceeded, many of its pledges to be environmentally friendly, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said on Wednesday. A study launched at a major U.N. environment meeting in Kenya said the organizers had made big efforts to cut air pollution and invest in public transport and renewable energies.But it said more could have been done to work with grassroots groups and reduce the Games’ total carbon footprint. The report said Chinese authorities spent more than $ 17 billion on environmental projects for the Games last August, exceeding their pledges in several areas in