Contents
Foreword .......................................................................................................................................... 1
Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 3
Chapter 2 Implications for foreign investors ....................................................................................... 5
Chapter 3 The Ten Highlights of China’s Commercial Sector,2006-2007 ........................................ 10
1. Continuous efforts to strengthen China’s commercial legal framework .......................................... 10
2. Accelerating the rural commercial infrastructure development ....................................................... 13
3. Stepping up efforts on intellectual property right protection ............................................................ 16
4. Brand building efforts gaining momentum ...................................................................................... 19
5. Market consolidation and commercial enterprises’ new strategic ................................................... 23
moves reshaping the competitive landscape
6. An ever-expanding consumer market — consumption structure upgrade ...................................... 27
and the booming rural market
7. Growing concern over consumption safety and business credibility ............................................... 30
8. Switching paths of growth to generate new source of profit ........................................................... 34
9. Oversupply of commercial property — mounting vacancy and swelling bubble ............................. 40
10.Restructuring and upgrading of commodity exchange markets gathering pace ............................. 45