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		<title>Mofcom Inks Deal With Tesco For Sustainable Retail Development</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2011/05/04/4286-mofcom-inks-deal-with-tesco-for-sustainable-retail-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 01:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[British retail giant Tesco has signed a letter of intent with the Department of Commercial Services Administration of the Ministry of Commerce of China to jointly promote the sustainable development of the Chinese retail industry. According to local media reports. the signing of the letter of intent shows that Tesco has reached a consensus with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Appliance Sales Continue Growth In 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2011/02/15/4179-home-appliance-sales-continue-growth-in-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to China's Ministry of Commerce, sales of home appliances in the country's rural areas in January 2011 passed 10 million units in a single month for the first time. There are 10.489 million units sold to rural areas with the value of CNY25.36 billion, up by 80% and 123% year-on-year, respectively. Sales of color [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Companies Selling Online In China Now Face Greater Scrutiny</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/09/16/3819-foreign-companies-selling-online-in-china-now-face-greater-scrutiny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China's Ministry of Commerce has issued a notice to regulate the sales activities of foreign-invested enterprises that are engaged in either Internet sales or vending machine sales. According to the notice, foreign enterprises who want to operate Internet sales business should submit applications to the respective provincial commerce departments and the departments will examine and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#039;s Retail Sales Over CNY15 Trillion In 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/05/31/3636-chinas-retail-sales-over-cny15-trillion-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 22:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Business Blue Book 2010 issued by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in 2010, China's total retail sales of social consumer goods will maintain a growth of about 20% to reach over CNY15 trillion. From 2003 to 2008, China's retail sales increased from CNY5 trillion to CNY10 trillion. The Blue Book predicts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#039;s Mofcom To Set Up Temporary Business Sites In Yushu</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/04/27/3559-chinas-mofcom-to-set-up-temporary-business-sites-in-yushu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China's Ministry of Commerce has published an emergency notice on the setting up of temporary business sites to meet people's basic needs in Yushu, Qinghai, which was hit by severe earthquakes on April 14, 2010. The notice requires the rapid establishment of temporary business sites to ensure the supply of daily necessities to people in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#039;s Mofcom Launches Five Measures To Stimulate Consumption</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/19/3447-chinas-moc-launches-five-measures-to-stimulate-consumption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/19/3447-chinas-moc-launches-five-measures-to-stimulate-consumption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jiang Zengwei, the deputy director of China's Ministry of Commerce, and Fang Aiqing, the assistant director of the Ministry of Commerce, said during an interview that China plans to boost its overall consumption through five measures. Jiang said that in response to the global financial crisis in 2009, China had launched a series of measures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Product Retail Sales Up 17% During Chinese New Year</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2010/03/03/3402-consumer-product-retail-sales-up-17-during-chinese-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to statistics from China's Ministry of Commerce, China's retail sales hit CNY340 billion during the "golden week" of Spring Festival 2010, which was an increase of 17.2% over those of the same period in 2009. The ministry's data shows that traditional Spring Festival goods such as food, tobacco, liquor, and fireworks were in great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MOC To Issue Series Standards For China&#039;s Retail Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/08/04/2875-moc-to-issue-series-standards-for-chinas-retail-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/08/04/2875-moc-to-issue-series-standards-for-chinas-retail-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China's Ministry of Commerce has issued a series of standards on skills for employees in the retail industry and the standards are officially put into effect from August 1, 2009. The standards make clear assessment requirements for retail workers, including salespeople, receiving clerks, loss prevention employees, and cashiers. The standards will provide a list, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huiyuan To Build Juice Facility In Shanxi</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/06/12/2735-huiyuan-to-build-juice-facility-in-shannxi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/06/12/2735-huiyuan-to-build-juice-facility-in-shannxi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Beverage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese juice maker Huiyuan Group has announced plans to invest CNY300 million to build a juice facility in Shanxi's Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Industries Demonstration Zone. Since the second half of 2008, Huiyuan has invested CNY2 billion in building juice facilities across China. In September 2008, the company announced that it had reached an acquisition agreement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#039;s Retail Sales Up 9% During May Day Holiday</title>
		<link>http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2009/05/06/2616-chinas-retail-sales-up-9-during-may-day-holiday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 19:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChinaRetailNews.com Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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%. Mofcom said robust sales were reported for gold, jewelry, home appliances, and automobiles because of the various promotions launched by retailers during the [...]]]></description>
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