278.8 billion yuan

In the second quarter of 2012, the transaction value of China's online retail market (consisting of B2C and C2C) totaled 278.8 billion yuan ($43.72 billion), up 27.4 percent year on year.

76 %

The transaction value of Taobao surpassed 200 billion ($31.36 billion) in the second quarter of 2012, accounting for 76 percent of China's online retail market.

98.84 billion yuan

The transaction value of B2C market was 98.84 billion yuan ($15.5 billion), up 82 percent year on year.

489.3 billion yuan

Outstanding loans issued by China's 5,267 micro-credit companies totaled 489.3 billion yuan ($77.67 billion) at the end of June, said the People's Bank of China.

5.5%

In the first six months, power consumption grew 5.5 percent from a year earlier, 6.7 percentage points lower than last year, dragged down by a decline in power use by high energy-consuming industries, said the China Electricity Council.

900 million yuan

Insured losses resulting from a severe rainstorm that hit Beijing on July 21 have climbed to about 900 million yuan ($141 million), said the city's insurance regulatory commission.

1.02 million

The latest edition of the Hurun Report indicated that the number of multimillionaires with more than 10 million yuan ($1.6 million) in China reached 1.02 million as of the end of 2011.