Tech deals comprised 8.7 percent of the capital's economy in 2009, equal to the contribution from the real estate sector, the municipal statistics bureau announced recently.

More than 19,000 technology contracts worth 79.7 billion yuan were signed in the first half of this year, an increase of 47 percent year-on-year, an all-time record.

The environmental sector had a 251 percent surge in contract value over the first half of last year, while the new energy segment registered 78 percent year-on-year growth in technology transactions.

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(Source: China Daily)