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CHINESE RURAL "WAL-MART" EMERGED IN SHAANXI


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10-30-2002

Chinese Rural "Wal-Mart" Emerged in Shaanxi

SHAANXI, Oct 30, 2002 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- 1200 farmers from Shaanxi, an inland province of China, become shop owners of "Hengtong Chain Stores" recently. "Hengtong Chain Stores" was the largest animal medicine circulation network of China. The total investment of the project was RMB 885 millions.

The project was approved by State Development and Planning Commission. It planed to expand into all of China since next. By completion, 30,000 rural animal medicine chain stores wo

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