A worker carries a box of small commodities into a car in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang Province, November 24, 2006. The Yiwu China Commodity Index, Yiwu Index for short, the nation's first weighted index to reflect the trading condition of consumer goods in China, was officially publicized in late October 2006. Crowned as "a sea of commodities and a paradise for shoppers", Yiwu has long been famed for establishing one of the largest consumer commodity markets in China. The market size has grown to 2.6 million square metres. 58 thousand business people have stores there, making it a major consumer commodity distribution nerve center and the sourcing center for the international market. [Sun Yuqing/chinadaily.com.cn]

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