Spring Festival sparks shopping bonanza

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-14-2009 09:18

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With the Spring Festival approaching, stores and supermarkets across the country are full of shoppers stocking up on New Year treats. New products and tempting prices are luring shoppers to stores brimming with festive atmosphere.

The coming Chinese New Year has ushered in a new sales boom.

The coming Chinese New Year has ushered in a new sales boom.

With less than two weeks to go befor the spring festival, the new year atmosphere can be seen, smelled or tasted at the market.

Traditional snacks and all kinds of gift packages are brightening Beijing supermarkets with New Year color.

Images of oxen have filled this commodity center in Shandong Province to express good wishes for the coming year of the ox.

People in Fujian Province can taste fresh fruit and vegetables from Taiwan for the first time over Spring Festival after the recent opening of direct transport links across the Straits. Over three thousand kinds of products from Taiwan have hit the shelves in time to meet mounting demand for the holiday.