TRADE BOOM: The 17th China Yiwu International Commodities Fair, held on October 20-25 in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, attracted more than 3,050 companies from 36 countries and regions and witnessed 15.75 billion yuan ($2.5 billion) of trade deals, up 23.4 percent year on year (ZHANG JIANCHENG)

2 trillion yuan

Accumulated cross-border trade settled in the yuan has exceeded 2 trillion yuan ($315 billion) since July 2009, when China started the pilot program allowing yuan settlement in cross-border trade, said the People's Bank of China.

1.3 trillion yuan

China's software sector generated 1.3 trillion yuan ($205 billion) in revenue in the first nine months of 2011, up 31.7 percent year on year, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.