Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Overall Contribution by Giant Network, VIE, and Its Subsidiaries as well as Company and Other Entities within Group to Group's Total Net Income and Total Comprehensive Income

The following table represents the overall contribution by our Giant Network, the VIE, and its subsidiaries as well as the Company and other entities within the Group to the Group’s total net income and total comprehensive income:


	For year ended December 31,
	2010			2011
	RMB			RMB
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company’s shareholders
Giant Network and its subsidiaries		1,091,837,769			1,515,790,079
The Company and other entities within the Group		(280,649,936	)		(635,823,205	)

		811,187,833			879,966,874
Other comprehensive loss
Giant Network and its subsidiaries		—			—
The Company and other entities within the Group		(87,734,291	)		(100,725,366	)

		(87,734,291	)		(100,725,366	)

Comprehensive income		723,453,542			779,241,508

Estimated Useful Lives for Depreciation Computed Using Straight-line Method

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:


Computer equipment		5 years
Leasehold improvements		Over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful lives of the assets
Furniture and fixtures		5 years
Motor vehicles		5 years
Property		42 years

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the useful life and salvage value of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software.

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