A girl calls her friend with a cell phone at a tea house in Shanghai, east China, July 9, 2004. Shanghai's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 343 billion RMB (41 billion US dollars) in the first half of 2004, up 14.8 percent from the same period last year. The tertiary industry rose by 12 percent and consumption 30 percent.
The picture taken on July 9, 2004 shows the skyscrapers in central Shanghai, east China. Shanghai's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 343 billion RMB (41 billion US dollars) in the first half of 2004, up 14.8 percent from the same period last year. The tertiary industry rose by 12 percent and consumption 30 percent.
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