The lottery ticket sales in China reached 75.6 billion yuan ($11.1 billion) in 2009, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Wednesday.

China's A-share stock market has become the world's second-largest by market value after the United States, the China Center for Market Value Management (CCMVM) said in a report yesterday.

China's customs said it cracked 1,411 trafficking cases involving 2.2 billion yuan ($324 million) last year.

China's third generation (3G) mobile technology users hit 13.25 million at the end of last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

China's consumer confidence index (CCI) rose to 103.9 in the fourth quarter last year, up 3.1 percentage points from the previous quarter, said a report released on Jan 26 by the China Economic Monitoring & Analysis Center under the National Bureau of Statistics.

Imported iron ore stockpiles at China's leading ports increased by 310,000 tons last week, hitting a three-month high of 67.42 million tons as of Jan 22, the China Securities Journal reported today, citing industry data.

Outbound tourists this year will top 51 million, up 7 percent year-on-year, the director of China's National Tourism Administration said yesterday.

China created 11.02 million new jobs in urban areas in 2009, topping the government goal of 9 million, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Friday.

The number of online game players in China surged 33 percent to hit 66 million over the past year, said a report released at the annual conference of Chinese gaming industry that concluded in Dalian on Thursday.

China's telecommunication industry reported 842.43 billion yuan ($123 billion) in main business revenue in 2009, up 3.9 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Thursday.