Beijing has spent more than CNY100 million reducing the noise of its No. 4 Subway Line which is to be formally put into operation in September this year.

Metro, one of the world's largest retailers, has announced it has stopped supplying plastic bags in its 38 retail sites in China.

According to a representative from the international supermarket chain Metro, the company's two outlets in Wuhan will stop selling plastic shopping bags from 2009, making Metro the first plastic-free supermarket in the city.

A new Chinese law that some companies see as trade protectionism is at least allowing people to live a bit healthier. In accordance with China's Administrative Measures for Tobacco Monopoly Licenses, foreign retailers — including Carrefour and Metro — have been ordered to stop selling tobacco products in their Chinese outlets from the beginning of [...]

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.