Chinese electronics retailer Suning has released its 2009 Achievement Report and 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.

Beijing No. 2 Secondary Court has issued an indictment on Gome Electrical Appliance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese electronics retailer Gome, which is alleged to have been involved in a bribery scandal.

A Nanjing-based supermarket chain Suguo undertook to keep its undertaking of "no layoffs, no salary reduction" at the same time as it announced that its sales increased by 10% to CNY33 billion in 2009, despite the global economic crisis.

News from a meeting of Tibet's Political Consultative Conference held in Lhasa is that Tibet plans to build 400 rural retail stores in the autonomous region's agricultural and pastoral areas to address the problems of the local population in purchasing commodities.

According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, the entrepreneur confidence index in China increased to 120.1 in the third quarter of 2009: an increase of 9.9 points compared with that of previous quarter.

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

Just in time for World Consumer Rights Day on March 15, the China Consumers Association has published ten measures to protect Chinese consumers' rights, focusing on seven major industries including retail, food, and hospitality.