China On-line Game Industry Report: On-line games sales reached 298.6 million US dollars in 2004

From Xinhua: China's sales income of on-line game reaches 2.5 bln yuan in 2004

"China's sales of on-line games reached 2.47 billion yuan (298.6 million US dollars) in 2004, up 47.9 percent from the previous year, according to the 2004 China On-line Game Industry Report. The report, released by the Press and Publication Administration, said the number of Chinese Internet users amounted to 94 million in 2004. The number of on-line game players reached 20.25 million. The report predicted that China's on-line game sales income will reach 10.96 billion yuan (approx. 1.3 billion US dollars) in 2009." Read more