According to the Tianjin Commission for Commerce, a number of Tianjin's large and medium-sized department stores have made six promises about providing a good shopping environment, quality products, and convenient service to consumers.

Trust-Mart has recently opened its second store in Mianyang, Sichuan Province — the first new large-scale supermarket to be opened in Sichuan Province following the May 12 earthquake.

Retail sales for the first quarter of 2008 in Macau is reported to have been MOP4.55 billion — an increase of 46% compared with the same period last year.

China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce has issued four measures to further strengthen market management and regulate how promotions are handled at retail outlets.

Starting May 2008, the Hangzhou Price Bureau will collect price information of major commodity products from 19 influential retailers in the city, make comparisons and publish the results weekly. This is reportedly an innovation in China.

To control the price increases in China, the National Development and Reform Commission says it will take temporary measures to limit the prices of goods like grain, oil, meat, eggs and milk.