The turnover of Chinese P2P lending industry reached 81.8 billion yuan (around US$13 billion) in the first half of this year, according to the latest report released by Wangdaizhijia, a leading Chinese information portal website of P2P online loan industry. The turnover for the whole year is expected to reach 202 billion yuan, the report added. In 2014 H1, the number of Chinese P2P lending platforms increased steadily at a monthly compound growth rate of 6.11% to 1,184. This figure is going to vary between 3 to 6 months in the near future, according to the report. The number of Chinese P2P investors and borrowers stood at 442K and 189K, respectively, surging to 780K and 500K by the end of this year, according to the report.