SHIPPING BOOM: Two container vessels docked at China's Dalian Port. Throughput of the port is expected to surpass 6.4 million standard containers in 2011 (GUI ZIYUN)

 

$697.2 billion

China's outstanding foreign debt totaled $697.2 billion at the end of September, said the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

334.1 billion yuan

China invested a record 334.1 billion yuan ($52.82 billion) in water conservancy in 2011, said the Ministry of Water Resources.

$20.39 billion

China's exports of garments and textile products totaled $20.39 billion in November, increasing 7.2 percent year on year, said the General Administration of Customs.

42%

Chinese shipbuilders completed 61.77 million deadweight tons of orders in the first 11 months of 2011, accounting for 42 percent of the global total, said the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

8.22 million

China's three telecom operators—China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom—added a total of 8.22 million 3G users in November.

25

A total of 25 Chinese companies issued initial public offerings (IPOs) in domestic and overseas stock markets in November, according to data from China Venture, a Beijing-based consulting firm.

18.3%

Google had a share of 18.3 percent in the Chinese market in the third quarter of 2011, according to data from the consulting firm iResearch.