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China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-19 07:25
Rural online sales growth bigger
Growth in online purchases by China's rural residents outpaced that of urban dwellers in the second quarter, official data showed on Wednesday. In the first six months, online retail sales to rural residents exceeded 310 billion yuan ($46.9 billion), Ministry of Commerce spokesman Shen Danyang said. Ministry data showed in the second quarter, rural online sales grew by 13.48 percent from the first quarter. The growth rate was at least 4 percentage points higher than the growth in sales to urban residents.
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