
Essentials #1

The Chinese government announced an economic growth target of 6% for the year 2021 at its annual parliamentary session in Beijing. A consensus of economists polled by the Bloomberg agency even predicts 8.4%, a rate of growth that China has not seen since 2011.
Source: chine-magazine.com March 2021.
For the first time, women now represent more than a quarter of parliamentarians across the world.
Source: ipu.org. March 2021.
European electricity production from renewable sources (solar, wind, hydro, bioenergy) was 38% in 2020, exceeding that from fossil fuels, such as natural gas and coal, for the first time.
Source: lenergeek.com. January 2021.
A new apartment has just been sold for 49millionEuros, a record price per square metre of 156,000Euros. This 5bedroom, luxury residence of 313square metres, is located on the slops of the Mid- Levels, a sought a er, up-market district of Hong Kong Island.
Source: lavieimmo.com. February 2021.