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China's lobbying industry spends $2.5 billion annually

According to an article "The harder they fall" in the Economist (Sep 30, 2006):

"More than 5,000 localities from provincial down to county level have opened offices in Beijing in recnet years, spending some $2.5 billion annually on lobbying, according to China's media..."

A huge industry!

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