The Three Gorges Power Plant, the country's largest hydropower project, generated 78.29 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2011, down 7.2 percent from 2010 (ZHENG JIAYU)

 

507.3 billion yuan

In 2011, 282 companies went public on the A-share market and 220 listed companies began refinancing, raising a total of 507.3 billion yuan ($80.5 billion), said Guo Shuqing, Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

51.51 billion yuan

Market turnover of the China Commodities City in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province rose 12.95 percent year on year to reach 51.51 billion yuan ($8.16 billion) in 2011, the highest of all specialized markets across the country for 21 years, according to local government's statistics.

42.85 billion yuan

China's booming online gaming market brought in 42.85 billion yuan ($6.8 billion) worth of revenue in 2011, a 32.4-percent year-on-year increase, according to the General Administration of Press and Publication.

127.8 billion yuan

China's welfare lottery sales hit a record 127.8 billion yuan ($20.3 billion) in 2011, up 32 percent year on year, according to the Welfare Lottery Distribution and Management Center.