Retail sales in China rose 17 percent to 240 billion yuan or 29 billion US dollars during the just concluded week-long May Day holiday.
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　　Xinhua News agency cited figures from the Ministry of Commerce that retail sales from the catering sector outpaced the overall average, rising 20 percent from the same period last year.

　　Beijing

　　A branch restaurant of the Quanjude Peking Roast Duck Corp. in downtown Qianmen area of the national capital achieved an average daily business income of 936,000 yuan (113,200 US dollars), and it turned out to be the most profitable one in the country during the May Day holiday.

　　Hangzhou

　　The sales of household appliances were also brisk during the holiday period. In case of Hangzhou, the scenic capital city of eastern Zhejiang Province, the sales of household appliance more than doubled.