To rebuild commercial outlets and ensure market supply in the Wenchuan earthquake areas, the Ministry Of Commerce has decided to build 5,000 convenience stores in these areas by the end of August 2008.

According to the Department of Commercial Reform and Development of the Ministry of Commerce, in the first quarter of 2008, the dining and lodging market of China maintained a high rate of increase at 20%.

Yu Guangzhou, vice minister of Ministry Of Commerce, says that by 2014 China may become the world's biggest luxury market with about 23% share of the total global revenue.

Though there are only about 20 days left before China's deadline for registration, a number of food operators, including McDonald's, KFC, Quanjude and Yonho Soybean Milk, have reportedly not registered with the Ministry of Commerce as required, and this has put them at the risk of violating China's new Business Franchise Operation Management Rule.

China's Ministry of Commerce has drafted a rule on the use of paid plastic bags and is soliciting suggestions for the rule across the country. As part of the rule, the Ministry of Commerce will punish supermarkets and shopping malls that provide free plastic bags to consumers after this rule is enacted on June 1, [...]