According to the statistics provided by China's Ministry of Commerce, during the three-day May Day holiday retail sales of 1,000 major retailers in China reached CNY12 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9%.

According to general manager for Midea's sales company in Beijing Zhang Wenfeng, the Chinese home appliances maker plans to increase the number of its specialty stores in Beijing to over 100 by the end of July 2009.

Dazhong Electronics has recently released a sales report on its appliances sales during the 2008 Olympic Games and Mao Xiaojun, general manager of Dazhong, said that the company's net profits doubled in the first six months of 2008.

Kurt Tjaden, vice president of the global white home appliance giant Whirlpool, announced that Whirlpool will launch eight types of new air conditioners in China from this week and has chosen Chinese electronics retailer Suning as its exclusive strategic partner in the country.

Chinese electronics retailer Suning has released the "China Air Conditioner Industry White Book 2008" in which the company estimates that the total sale of China's air conditioner market will reach 75 million, of which 34 million will be from domestic companies.