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In a filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, ZTE said its net profits rose 29.9 percent year on year to 2.29 billion yuan (339 million U.S. dollars) in the six months ending June.


Sales revenue jumped 13.1 percent year on year to 54 billion yuan during that period, it said.


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