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Coca-Cola bottler starts work on plant

The construction of a new factory of Swire Coca-Cola Ltd, a bottler of Coca-Cola, with an investment of 1.25 billion yuan ($175.89 million), started Tuesday in South China's economic powerhouse province of Guangdong. Covering an area of some 128,000 square meters, the company's new factory will boast 11 new beverage production lines, multi-tier warehouses and supporting facilities, with an expected increase in annual production capacity of about 66 percent compared to the current level of the company's Guangdong branch.

E-tail sales up 11.5% in January-April period

China's online retail sales saw steady expansion in the first four months, with emerging growth forces continuing to boost consumption, official data showed on Tuesday. The country's online retail sales rose 11.5 percent year-on-year to 4.41 trillion yuan ($620.52 billion) during the period, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

Xinhua - China Daily