POWERING TIBET: The Golmud Liquid Natural Gas Plant in Qinghai Province is expected to come into operation on October 15. The plant will provide natural gas to the neighboring Tibet Autonomous Region, delivering a boost to the region's economic development (WANG BO)

Numbers of the Week

$69.19 billion

China received $69.19 billion of foreign direct investments in the first seven months of 2011, up 18.57 percent year on year, said the Ministry of Commerce.

434.9 billion kwh

China's power consumption went up 11.8 percent from a year ago to reach 434.9 billion kwh in July, said the National