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China's H1 retail sales accelerate to 12.7%

Updated: 2013-07-15 10:28

(Xinhua)

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BEIJING - China's retail sales grew 12.7 percent year on year in the first half of 2013, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Monday.

The growth rate picked up by 0.3 percentage point from the first quarter, according to the NBS data.

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