China: Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods Shot up in February

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods Shot up in February:
National Bureau of Statistics of China　
2008-03-12 13:52:07
From January to February, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 1743.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.2 percent.
In terms of different regions, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 1184.1 billion yuan, rose by 20.8 percent over the same period of the previous year; that of retail sales at and below the county level achieved 559.1 billion yuan, up by 18.9 percent.