China's power generation is likely to have fallen by 4 percent year-on-year in April, signaling that a recovery in the economy was still some way off, said industry insiders.

While the global financial crisis is certain to hammer the GDP growth drastically across North America and Europe, China and India have been appearing, side by side, on news media more frequently than ever.

The stimulus package has benefited energy conservation and emission controls with energy used to generate growth dropping further in the 1st quarter.

US companies in China remain committed to, and highly optimistic about, the long-term prospects of the domestic economy.

China's lottery could topple those of the US and become the world's first hundred billion dollar lottery.