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 Chinese Ministry of Commerce has announced that in accordance with China's anti-monopoly law, it has decided to reject Coca-Cola 's application to acquire China Huiyuan Juice Group.

According to the statistics released by the Ministry of Commerce on October 27, 2008, in the first three quarters of 2008, the retail sales of China's dining and lodging industry increased by 24.8% to over CNY1.1 trillion.

According to statistics released by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, China's dining and lodging markets had a good beginning in the second half of 2008 and the retail sales in these industries reached CNY116.8 billion in July 2008, a year-on-year increase of 26.5%.