state monopoly. China's retail sales of consumer goods were up 10.1 percent in 2001, which stands at 4.5 billion US dollars over the previous year. Investments have also taken a rise of 12.1 percent to 4.4 billion US dollars. In 2001, the consumer price index increased by 0.7 percent over the previous year. The consumer price lever in urban areas was an increase of 0.7 percent and it increased 0.8 percent in the rural areas. Although in 2001 the world economy show a major slow down as you can see, the Chinese economy is still having a healthy growth in it economy. A report from a
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