$23.16 billion

China's non-financial outbound direct investment surged 72.8 percent year on year to $23.16 billion in the first four months, said the Ministry of Commerce.

2,500

China will buy more than 2,500 aircraft from 2011 to 2015 and the country's total number of civil aircraft will exceed 4,500 by 2015, said Li Jiaxiang, Minister of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

290 million

Credit cards in circulation rose to 290 million at the end of March, an increase of 20 percent year on year, said the China Banking Association.

49

China currently has 49 listed publishing media companies, said Liu Binjie, Minister of the General Administration of Press and Publication.