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.

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.

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.

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.

News from the Press Office of China's Ministry of Commerce is that from January 25 to February 31, 2009, which was the Spring Festival holiday week in China, and despite the economic slowdown, the country's total retail sales reached CNY290 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13.8%.