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NANJING, July 22 (Xinhuanet) -- East China's Jiangsu province, one of the
country's leading economic powerhouses, signed 967 million US dollars worth of
contracts involving overseas engineering, labor power-exporting, design and
consulting projects during the first half of the year, a
33.8 percent rise
year-on-year.
Meanwhile, the six month period saw the province reap 899 million dollars
in turnover from the contracting of overseas engineering projects, which
involved sending local laborers abroadand offering consulting services for
overseas clients.
The turnover for the period showed a rise of 45.4 percent year-on-year.
The province sent nearly 13,970 people to work abroad during the period,
bringing the total number of people working overseas to about 75,100 by the end
of June, up 11 percent from the 2002 level.
Nantong, Nanjing and Suzhou led other cities in Jiangsu province in the
combined value of overseas contracts signed duringthe six-month period. Enditem
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