16-28  Basic Conditions of Chain Retail Enterprises above Designated Size by Business Categories
Indicator	Total		Regular Chain		Franchise
	2006	2007	2006	2007	2006	2007
Number of Stores                   (unit)	128924	145366	76776	83679	52148	61687
Department Store	5353	6064	1509	1674	3844	4390
Supermarket	21066	25185	12392	13567	8674	11618
Specialty Store	63992	68967	45701	48669	18291	20298
Gas Station	20551	21323	20144	20787	407	536
Franchised Store	18005	20540	6076	8073	11929	12467
Convenience Store	13817	17126	7092	7345	6725	9781
Warehouse Club	48	51	21	24	27	27
Building Material Store	82	80	71	71	11	9
Other Store	6561	7353	3914	4256	2647	3097
Operational Area       (10 000 sq.m)	8979.0	10044.0	8139.9	9109.5	839.1	934.5
Department Store	937.9	1089.6	866.1	1015.6	71.8	74.0
Supermarket	2450.1	2730.7	2124.8	2365.4	325.3	365.3
Specialty Store	4969.1	5489.4	4644.4	5133.4	324.7	355.9
Gas Station	3040.2	3252.5	2979.0	3199.3	61.2	53.2
Franchised Store	132.9	169.2	89.8	124.8	43.1	44.4
Convenience Store	143.8	172.5	93.7	102.5	50.1	70.1
Warehouse Club	13.2	16.3	13.2	16.2	0.1	0.1
Building Material Store	96.2	75.2	83.6	65.8	12.5	9.4
Other Store	235.9	301.0	224.3	285.6	11.6	15.4
Person Employed  (10 000 persons)	187.1	186.2	152.9	148.7	34.2	37.5
Department Store	17.7	19.4	14.7	16.1	3.0	3.3
Supermarket	65.4	70.7	53.8	58.7	11.7	12.1
Specialty Store	80.6	67.6	68.7	56.2	11.9	11.4
Gas Station	17.8	19.0	17.4	18.7	0.4	0.3
Franchised Store	9.4	13.5	5.4	6.7	4.0	6.8
Convenience Store	7.9	9.2	5.6	6.1	2.2	3.1
Warehouse Club	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5
Building Material Store	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.1
Other Store	4.9	4.5	3.5	3.8	1.3	0.7
Total Sales Value         (100 million yuan)	14952.2	17754.3	13621.3	16409.8	1330.8	1344.6
Department Store	1481.8	1800.7	1394.6	1706.6	87.2	94.1
Supermarket	3443.3	4012.6	2946.1	3436.0	497.2	576.6
Specialty Store	8867.6	10573.3	8245.2	10049.5	622.4	523.8
Gas Station	4662.1	5486.4	4592.3	5414.9	69.8	71.5
Franchised Store	489.5	580.9	424.7	506.8	64.8	74.1
Convenience Store	223.1	265.7	178.8	208.9	44.3	56.8
Warehouse Club	24.8	33.7	24.3	33.2	0.5	0.5
Building Material Store	57.5	59.6	54.1	56.2	3.4	3.4
Other Store	364.5	427.8	353.5	412.7	11.0	15.2
Retail Value                   (100 million yuan)	10764.8	13066.8	9618.4	11905.7	1146.4	1161.1
Department Store	1246.6	1512.7	1160.1	1419.2	86.5	93.6
Supermarket	2837.7	3332.1	2343.9	2759.7	493.8	572.4
Specialty Store	5812.3	7177.3	5346.5	6807.9	465.8	369.3
Gas Station	2952.3	3758.3	2903.0	3709.5	49.3	48.8
Franchised Store	391.3	474.6	340.1	415.7	51.2	58.9
Convenience Store	205.8	246.6	168.0	195.1	37.8	51.5
Warehouse Club	24.8	33.7	24.3	33.2	0.5	0.5
Building Material Store	57.2	59.4	54.0	56.1	3.2	3.3
Other Store	189.1	230.5	181.5	218.9	7.6	11.6
Total Purchases Value  (100 million yuan)	13447.4	15917.0	12294.5	14710.3	1153.0	1206.7
Department Store	1244.3	1497.3	1181.4	1424.6	62.9	72.7
Supermarket	2626.5	3151.7	2218.8	2635.2	407.7	516.6
Specialty Store	8551.7	10091.1	7966.9	9596.6	584.8	494.5
Gas Station	4555.1	5252.3	4497.1	5196.7	58.0	55.6
Franchised Store	423.2	485.1	374.2	425.0	49.1	60.1
Convenience Store	183.5	225.6	148.1	179.4	35.4	46.2
Warehouse Club	21.8	30.5	21.4	30.0	0.4	0.5
Building Material Store	54.1	43.0	50.4	40.1	3.6	3.0
Other Store	342.3	392.6	333.4	379.5	8.9	13.1
Centralized Purchases and Delivery	10565.7	12542.4	9711.4	11699.2	854.4	843.2
(100 million yuan)
Department Store	550.9	671.9	529.0	645.9	21.9	26.0
Supermarket	2039.7	2471.9	1765.2	2118.3	274.5	353.6
Specialty Store	7055.5	8349.1	6588.3	7998.3	467.3	350.8
Gas Station	3421.5	4090.7	3393.4	4064.4	28.1	26.3
Franchised Store	387.1	445.6	339.9	389.0	47.2	56.6
Convenience Store	169.9	200.9	138.1	159.6	31.8	41.3
Warehouse Club	10.0	15.8	9.5	15.3	0.4	0.5
Building Material Store	34.5	21.7	30.9	18.8	3.6	3.0
Other Store	318.1	365.4	310.5	354.0	7.6	11.4
Self Centralized Purchases	7729.7	9057.0	7071.4	8465.6	658.3	591.4
and Delivery (100 million yuan)
Department Store	352.6	438.8	342.9	425.2	9.7	13.5
Supermarket	1103.3	1337.4	956.8	1154.7	146.5	182.7
Specialty Store	5698.6	6622.5	5239.0	6280.7	459.6	341.7
Gas Station	2388.8	2961.4	2360.7	2935.2	28.1	26.3
Franchised Store	283.9	331.3	257.8	302.6	26.0	28.7
Convenience Store	69.0	73.7	57.1	55.1	11.9	18.6
Warehouse Club	0.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	0.4	0.5
Building Material Store	9.8	8.9	9.8	8.9
Other Store	211.8	243.3	207.7	237.7	4.2	5.6
Non-self Centralized Purchases	1384.0	1707.3	1353.0	1667.5	31.1	39.9
and Delivery     (100 million yuan)
Department Store	62.0	76.7	61.3	75.9	0.7	0.8
Supermarket	302.7	358.0	286.1	338.4	16.6	19.6
Specialty Store	830.7	1054.6	825.7	1047.9	5.0	6.7
Gas Station	742.8	822.8	742.8	822.8
Franchised Store	42.9	34.0	42.1	31.9	0.8	2.2
Convenience Store	50.9	70.2	43.6	61.2	7.3	9.0
Warehouse Club	9.2	14.6	9.2	14.6
Building Material Store
Other Store	85.7	99.2	85.0	97.6	0.6	1.6