According to reports in local media, China's Gansu province plans to build and renovate 3,000 rural retail chain stores in 2010.

Taobao.com, the Internet shopping subsidiary of the Chinese B2B e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it has started to deploy offline authorized stores to provide convenience to consumers who do not wish to shop online.

News from a meeting of Tibet's Political Consultative Conference held in Lhasa is that Tibet plans to build 400 rural retail stores in the autonomous region's agricultural and pastoral areas to address the problems of the local population in purchasing commodities.

At the behest of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Shanghai, the Shanghai Bailian Group has announced plans to acquire two retailers, Shanghai Join Buy and Shanghai New World, to integrate into its retail businesses in the city.

According to reports in local media, Chinese Internet retailer Taobao.com has launched a software application store as an enhancement to its Taobao Open Platform.

Carpenter Tan Holdings Limited, the Chinese maker, distributor, and retailer of small wooden products, has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.