POWER ON: Pictured is a plant of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station. All 29 generating units of the hydropower station have been operating at full capacity to soothe power shortages (ZHENG JIAYU)

9.93 billion yuan

China's credit card payments overdue for more than six months totaled 9.93 billion yuan ($1.54 billion) at the end of June this year, up 36 percent from a year ago, said the People's Bank of China.

164.42 tons

China's gold output grew by 3.25 percent year on year to 164.42 tons in the first half of the year, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.