China Resources Vanguard, the hypermarket subsidiary of China Resources (Holdings) Company, has opened the final outlet in its expansion plan for Guangzhou in 2009 and is looking to open around 360 new outlets in 2010.

The re-construction of four primary schools that were destroyed during the 5.12 Sichuan earthquake in 2008 will be completed by the end of 2008 and one of the major contributors for the re-construction is McDonald's.

The international environmental group Greenpeace has released its latest "Supermarket List for China" which shows that foreign-funded supermarkets such as Wal-Mart, Tesco, and Ito-Yokado rank at the bottom of the list in terms of green initiatives.

Chinese electronics retailers Dazhong and Gome have announced that they have launched mobile phone trade-in activities in Beijing, offering a buy-back of up to CNY200.

Taiwanese mobile phone brand Altek has announced its entry into the Chinese electronics retail chain Gome, making it the second Taiwanese mobile phone brand available in mainland China market, following Dopod.

Chinese restaurant chain South Beauty has opened its first directly-operated restaurant in South China in Shenzhen, marking the beginning of its expansion it the southern area of China.