Numbers of the Week
$2.3992 trillion
At the end of 2009, China's foreign exchange reserves stood at $2.3992 trillion, according to the People's Bank of China.
340 billion yuan
During the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday (February 13-19), retail sales of consumer goods totaled 340 billion yuan ($49.78 billion), rising 17.2 percent compared with the same period last year, said the Ministry of Commerce. |