required report public distribution date 8 10 2004 gain number ch4405 china peoples republic of retail food sector north approved by laverne e brabant us embassy beijing prepared & agricultural service inc ato highlights s revolution has been rolling across the country for nearly a decade replacing traditional wet markets and stalls with modern hypermarkets warehouse convenience stores at same time growing prosperity on part top tier urban consumers fueled both economic access desire high quality imported products improving logistics are making it possible exporters to supply this extremely competitive rapidly expanding market in includes psd changes no trade matrix yes unscheduled ch1 ch usda foreign global agriculture information network template version 2 09 page 21 unclassified table contents i summary growth industry 3 overview b drivers 4 c sales charts 5 d swot analysis