China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce has issued four measures to further strengthen market management and regulate how promotions are handled at retail outlets. Read More >

Hong Kong plans an accelerated tax deduction for environment-friendly facilities as part of its Revenue Bill 2008. Read More >

Starting May 2008, the Hangzhou Price Bureau will collect price information of major commodity products from 19 influential retailers in the city, make comparisons and publish the results weekly. This is reportedly an innovation in China. Read More >

According to statistics released by the Bureau of Statistics of Guangzhou, in the first quarter of 2008, the consumer goods market of Guangzhou had total retail sales of RMB74.572 million, which increased by 16.1% over last year and the increase rate was 2.7 percentage points higher than the same period of 2007. Read More >

China-based eFuture is working with Beijing Wangku Hutong Information Technology Company to launch Jindian.com.cn, a B2B platform for small to medium-size suppliers and retailers. Read More >

In the first quarter of 2008, the consumer goods market of Dalian had total retail sales of RMB28.29 billion, which increased by 17.5% over last year. It has been the biggest year-on-year increase since 1997. Read More >

Nanjing Wanda Plaza, the biggest business area with the most parking spaces in Nanjing, was started on April 12, 2008. Read More >

According to just-released February statistics from China's National Bureau of Statistics, the consumer price index was up by 8.7 percent over the same month last year. Read More >

Realogy Corporation has made a minority equity investment in Century21 China Real Estate, an independently owned company that serves as the master franchisor for Realogy's Century21 brand in China. Read More >

By Francis Peters
Although Internet usage in China has boomed over the past ten years, the nation's retail e-commerce is still in startup mode, particularly compared to the United States. Read More >