German retail giant Metro has opened a new outlet in Beijing's Chaoyang district and this outlet is reported to be the retailer's first store to open in Asia in 2010.

As the cooperative partner of USA Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Wal-Mart has started to sell World Expo related licensed products in its Nanpu Bridge store in Shanghai.

Nanjing-based supermarket chain Suguo has announced that its sales increased by 10% to CNY33 billion in 2009, despite the global economic crisis.

According to E-Mart's Chinese headquarters, the South Korean supermarket retailer plans to open its first shopping mall on Shanghai's Caobao road.

The British retailer Tesco has opened its first hypermarket in China's Anhui province: on Suixi Road in Luyang district, Hefei.

According to Eric Legros, the president of Carrefour China, though business was affected by the riots of July 5, 2009, in Xinjiang, the company is confident about the market of Urumqi and plans to open two or three new supermarkets in the city in 2010.