Numbers of the Week

20.5 billion yuan

The country's "new-for-old" home appliance scheme had generated 20.5 billion yuan ($3 billion) in revenue and recycled 5.721 million old appliances by January 24, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

4.3%

The urban registered unemployment rate stood at 4.3 percent in 2009, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.