Hunan's retail sales up nearly 20%

Central China's Hunan Province recorded 517.9 billion yuan (78.5 billion U.S. dollars) in retail sales in the first 11 months of this year, a 19-percent year-on-year growth, the provincial bureau of statistics said Tuesday.
The total included 467.1 billion yuan in urban areas, up 19.3 percent year on year, and 50.8 billion yuan in rural areas, up 16.3 percent.