Wyndham Hotel group has just announced that it will open the world's largest Ramada hotel, the 1,000-room Ramada Hotel & Suites Boao, in China's Hainan province.

Despite the global economic slowdown, U.S.-based Baskin-Robbins, one of the world's largest ice cream chains, has announced plans to open 20 new stores in Chinese cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Xi'an.

According to statistics published by Beijing Committee of Commerce (the former Beijing Bureau of Commerce) during the five days around the Qing Ming Festival, 35 Beijing retailers realized total sales of CNY444 million, a year-on-year increase of 1.33%, and daily average sales of CNY88.88 million.

The Legislative Office of China's State Council is reported to be soliciting public opinion for a draft rule on defective products recall that has been submitted by the General Administration of Quality Inspection, Supervision and Quarantine of China.

According to the information from the headquarters of the Jiangsu-based Five Star Appliance, which was acquired by the American electronics giant Best Buy, the company has signed an agreement with Apple to become its first-tier distributor.

Electronic video displays are to be installed in 150 shopping malls and supermarkets and 19 large wholesale markets in Beijing by the end of this year to publish goods and food information.