Alarming Stats

Beijing
10.4%
The average rise in Beijing housing prices over the past month

15
The number of trees blown over on Dongzhimenwai Dajie during the freak storm that hit Beijing two Sundays ago.

40
The maximum number of students that Beijing's Municipal Education Commission has set for primary and middle school classes across the city.

153
The number of bottles of fake alcohol discovered at a Houhai Bar this week

400
The number of residents whose crumbling Houhai residences will be tastefully restored for free.

5,1000,000
The number of “liudong renkou” or people from out of town (and without a Beijing hukou) living in Beijing. The number has pushed Beijing’s population to over 17 million.

11,896,000 Kilowatts
New record for the amount of power being used in Beijing at any one moment, reached on the afternoon of Aug 21 as everyone decided to turn on their air conditioners.

60,000,000
The number of passengers expected to pass through Beijing International Airport next year.

China
1
China’s world ranking in terms of the amount of spending on porn

4
The number of pandas born in Sichuan on one day last week

306
The number of Chinese people killed by lightning during the past three weeks

310,000,000
The number of Chinese people affected by natural disasters this year