According to data published by the Bureau of Statistics of Shanghai, retail sales for 2008 in Shanghai increased by 17.9% to CNY453.714 billion.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the total retail sales of China's consumer goods reached CNY876.8 billion in August 2008, an increase of 23.2% compared with the same period last year.

According to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in July 2008, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China were CNY862.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 23.3%.

According to statistics released by Department of Commerce of Shanxi Province, in the first half of 2008, the total value of retail sales of consumer goods in Shanxi was CNY113 billion, a year-on-year increase of 23.4%.

According to the statistics released by the Ministry of Commerce on July 31, 2008, in the first half of 2008, the combined retail sales of consumer goods in China's rural areas reached 1.622 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 20%.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the total sales of social consumer goods in China reached CNY814 billion in April, an increase of 22% over the same period last year.