1. Number of “Golden Weeks” to date: 15
2. Road trips taken nationally: 323 million
3. Percentage from large and mid-sized cities travelling in private cars: 30
4. Number of tourists in Beijing: 4.16 million
5. Increase over last year: 14%
6. Tourist satisfaction rate: 93%
7. Percentage point decrease from last year: 4
8. Tons of garbage taken out of Tiananmen Square each day: 18
9. Tons on a normal day: 3 to 4
10. Rank of chewing gum and advertising stickers on the list of Square cleaners’ annoyances: 1
11. Wedding banquet tables served in Shanghai: 24,750
12. Total food-related consumption in Shanghai: 100 million yuan
13. Number of pickpockets arrested in Beijing on Thursday, 5 May: 0
14. Number of “Classic Red Tourism sites” named by the National Tourism Administration: 100
15. Number of destinations Beijing taxi drivers must memorize for the updated certification exam: 620
2. Road trips taken nationally: 323 million
3. Percentage from large and mid-sized cities travelling in private cars: 30
4. Number of tourists in Beijing: 4.16 million
5. Increase over last year: 14%
6. Tourist satisfaction rate: 93%
7. Percentage point decrease from last year: 4
8. Tons of garbage taken out of Tiananmen Square each day: 18
9. Tons on a normal day: 3 to 4
10. Rank of chewing gum and advertising stickers on the list of Square cleaners’ annoyances: 1
11. Wedding banquet tables served in Shanghai: 24,750
12. Total food-related consumption in Shanghai: 100 million yuan
13. Number of pickpockets arrested in Beijing on Thursday, 5 May: 0
14. Number of “Classic Red Tourism sites” named by the National Tourism Administration: 100
15. Number of destinations Beijing taxi drivers must memorize for the updated certification exam: 620
**Unless otherwise indicated, all figures are for the period from 1-7 May, 2005.
Sources: 2, 3 from Xinhuanet; 4-7 from The Beijing News; 8-10 from The Legal Mirror; 11, 12 from Xinhuanet; 13 from The Legal Mirror; 14 from People’s Daily Online (English); 15 from The Legal Mirror. This is not an Index
UPDATE: Hong Kong blog Simon World comments on the matter of statistics in China and why it very difficult to believe them: Funny Numbers.