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1/23/2008 (Xinhua) -- Chinese consumers
have been spending a lot of money on Internet purchases.
China’s Internet Research Centre has revealed online sales have jumped by 90 percent to US$8.2 billion in 2007.
Xinhua News Agency reported that China's 210 million Internet users bought items on-line with expectations that this year, internet sales should grow by another 40 percent.
Shopping over the internet now comprises one percent of China's total retail sales.
China’s Internet Research Centre has revealed online sales have jumped by 90 percent to US$8.2 billion in 2007.
Xinhua News Agency reported that China's 210 million Internet users bought items on-line with expectations that this year, internet sales should grow by another 40 percent.
Shopping over the internet now comprises one percent of China's total retail sales.
(Contributed by Xinhua)