Due to the boom in gold market in the world this year, the individual transactions of gold in China are exceptionally prosperous.

Insiders see two features of the gold price. Firstly, the price keeps soaring, from 500 to more than US$700 per ounce. Secondly the prices fluctuate sharply. Sometimes it rose and fell by US$20 overnight, which brings great chance for investors to make profit.

It is estimated that the average return on investment on gold account with China Construction Bank has reached over 10 percent, and the transaction volume of this year will mount to beyond 10 tons.

(People's Daily Online June 3, 2006)