Numbers of the Week

122 million

The Ministry of Information Industry said the number of broadband users has reached 122 million in China, making up 60 percent of all netizens. About one third of the newly added broadband users in 2007 were from the countryside.

0.1 yuan

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. won approval for an initial public offering from the regulator and will issue its shares at 0.1 yuan of paper value, the first of its kind in history. Chinese stocks are usually set at 1 yuan per paper value.