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Share Option and Restricted Share Scheme (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Values of Stock Options Granted to Employees were Estimated Using Following Weighted Average Assumptions | The fair values of stock options granted to employees were estimated using the following weighted average assumptions:
|  | Granted in 2009 |  |  | Granted in 2011 |
Suboptimal exercise factor |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  | 1.5 |
Risk-free interest rates |  |  | 2.94 | % |  |  | 3.42 | %
Expected volatility |  |  | 60.40 |  |  |  | 50.98 |
Expected dividend yield |  |  | 2.5 | % |  |  | 2.5 | %
Fair value of share option |  |  | RMB17.35 to RMB22.37 |  |  |  | RMB15.75 to RMB19.85 |
Estimated forfeiture rate |  |  | 2% per annum |  |  |  | 2% per annum |
Company's Share Option Activity | The following table summarizes the Company’s share option activity as of and for the year ended December 31, 2010 and 2011.
|  | Number of options |  |  | Weighted average exercise price(USD) |  |  | Weighted average remaining contractual life (Years) |  |  | Aggregate intrinsic value (USD) |
Outstanding, December 31, 2010 and January 1, 2011 |  |  | 11,385,629 |  |  |  | 2.80 |  |  |  | 2.95 |  |  |  | 49,161,052 |
Granted |  |  | 60,000 |  |  |  | 6.71 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Exercised |  |  | (7,993,119 | ) |  |  | 2.50 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Forfeited/Cancelled |  |  | (260,560 | ) |  |  | 4.92 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Outstanding, December 31, 2011 |  |  | 3,191,950 |  |  |  | 2.69 |  |  |  | 2.61 |  |  |  | 4,446.298 |
Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 3,128,111 |  |  |  | 2.69 |  |  |  | 2.61 |  |  |  | 4,357.372 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 2,187,850 |  |  |  | 2.68 |  |  |  | 2.36 |  |  |  | 3,070.057 |
Fair Values of Restricted Shares Granted to Employees | The fair values of restricted shares granted to employees were estimated using the following weighted average assumptions:
|  | Granted in 2010 |  |  | Granted in 2011 |
Risk-free interest rates |  |  | 0.46%-2.61 | % |  |  | 0.14%-0.93 | %
Expected dividend yield |  |  | 5 | % |  |  | 5 | %
Fair value of restricted shares |  |  | RM44.04 to RMB49.27 |  |  |  | RMB17.39 to RMB22.62 |
Company's Restricted Shares Activity under 2007 Stock Incentive Scheme | The following table summarized the Company’s restricted shares activity under 2007 Stock Incentive Scheme:
|  | Number of restricted shares |  |  | Weighted average grant date fair value (USD) |
Outstanding, December 31, 2010 and January 1, 2011 |  |  | 777,000 |  |  |  | 5,440,896 |
Granted |  |  | 12,670,000 |  |  |  | 40,299,824 |
Exercised |  |  | (155,400 | ) |  |  | (1,149,096 | )
Forfeited/Cancelled |  |  | (136,000 | ) |  |  | (945,200 | )
Outstanding, December 31, 2011 |  |  | 13,155,600 |  |  |  | 43,646,424 |
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2011 |  |  | 12,382,299 |  |  |  | 41,166,971 |
Stock Option |
Components of Share-based Compensation Expense in Absolute Amount and as Percentage of Net Revenue | The following table sets forth the components of share-based compensation expense for share options issued to employees from the Company’s share option scheme both in absolute amount and as a percentage of net revenue for the year indicated.
|  | For the year ended December 31 |
|  | 2009 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  |  |
|  | (RMB) |  |  | (RMB) |  |  | (RMB) |  |  | (US$) |  |  | % |
Net revenue |  |  | 1,303,835,447 |  |  |  | 1,332,815,451 |  |  |  | 1,792,217,309 |  |  |  | 284,754,652 |  |  |  | 100 | %
Cost of services |  |  | 1,245,984 |  |  |  | 612,529 |  |  |  | 562,225 |  |  |  | 89,329 |  |  |  | 0.03 | %
Research and product development expenses |  |  | 9,573,183 |  |  |  | 6,664,626 |  |  |  | 2,269,898 |  |  |  | 360,650 |  |  |  | 0.13 | %
Sales and marketing expenses |  |  | 1,139,408 |  |  |  | 60,891 |  |  |  | 199,684 |  |  |  | 31,727 |  |  |  | 0.01 | %
General and administrative expenses |  |  | 18,616,815 |  |  |  | 14,532,565 |  |  |  | 7,901,262 |  |  |  | 1,255,384 |  |  |  | 0.44 | %
Total share-based compensation included in cost of services and total operating expenses |  |  | 30,575,390 |  |  |  | 21,870,612 |  |  |  | 10,933,069 |  |  |  | 1,737,090 |  |  |  | 0.61 | %
Restricted Stock |
Components of Share-based Compensation Expense in Absolute Amount and as Percentage of Net Revenue | The following table sets forth the components of share-based compensation expense for restricted shares issued to employees from the Company’s share option scheme both in absolute amount and as a percentage of net revenue for the year indicated.
|  | For the year ended December 31 |
|  | 2009 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  |  |
|  | (RMB) |  |  | (RMB) |  |  | (RMB) |  |  | (US$) |  |  | % |
Net revenue |  |  | 1,303,835,447 |  |  |  | 1,332,815,451 |  |  |  | 1,792,217,309 |  |  |  | 284,754,652 |  |  |  | 100 | %
Cost of services |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,180,570 |  |  |  | 1,797,223 |  |  |  | 285,550 |  |  |  | 0.10 | %
Research and product development expenses |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7,994,861 |  |  |  | 11,771,687 |  |  |  | 1,870,333 |  |  |  | 0.66 | %
Sales and marketing expenses |  |  | — |  |  |  | 368,900 |  |  |  | 518,445 |  |  |  | 82,373 |  |  |  | 0.03 | %
General and administrative expenses |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,874,274 |  |  |  | 4,314,757 |  |  |  | 685,546 |  |  |  | 0.24 | %
Total share-based compensation included in cost of services and total operating expenses |  |  | — |  |  |  | 11,418,604 |  |  |  | 18,402,112 |  |  |  | 2,923,802 |  |  |  | 1.03 | %

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