BRIDGING HUNAN: Construction on the Aizhai Suspension Bridge in Hunan Province makes major progress in October. The bridge, at a cost of 920 million yuan ($138 million), is expected to come into use by the end of 2011 (FAN JUNWEI)

Numbers of the Week

628.72 billion yuan

China's fiscal revenue stood at 628.72 billion yuan ($94.7 billion) in September, up 12.1 percent from a year earlier, said the Ministry of Finance.

7.58 billion yuan

China's box office reached 7.58 billion yuan ($1.14 billion) in the first three quarters of 2010, compared with 6.2 billion yuan ($929.5 million) for the entire year of 2009, said the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.