Shanghai Top Marques earn 500 million yuan

时间：2006-10-19 05:34:20

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Fancy cars, private jets, diamond watches and designer clothes are attracting well-heeled buyers at Shanghai Top Marques 2006, a four-day luxury lifestyle expo at the Shanghai International Convention Center in Pudong.

 

 

 

 

 

Chinanews, Shanghai, Oct. 19 – The four-day Shanghai Top Marques 2006 was closed yesterday, earning 500 million yuan (US$63 million). Currently luxuries are easily found in Chinese mainland. Extravagant1 merchandises popular in the Western world have also become fashionable in China.

 

Yang Qingshan, General Secretary of China Brand Strategy Research Association, reveals that 13% of total population in Chinese mainland can afford to buy luxuries. But numbers of rich people in China are actually increasing slowly compared with the West. However, many investors2 earn regard China as the most important luxury market in the world.

 

Luxuries such as 50-million-yuan painting, 20-million-yuan jade3, 10-million-yuan racing4 car and 5-million-yuan article of furniture will never be considered as astonishing gadgets5.

 

But who bought these luxuries at the Top Marques? According to its organizers, buyers are those billionaires listed in Forbes, people who never show off their real wealth, and managers from Chinese private or foreign owned enterprises.

 

Billionaires from cities like Yiwu, Wenzhou, and Ningbo, in Zhejiang Province enjoy collecting expensive limousines6. They are not social celebrities7, but they can allocate8 large sum of money. Some 80% of trade volume of the Top Marques last year were contributed by these people. A staff assistant from the exhibition says these billionaires are frequenters of the Top Marques.

 


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1 extravagant M7zya     
adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的
参考例句：
  • They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
  • He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。
2 investors dffc64354445b947454450e472276b99     
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
3 jade i3Pxo     
n.玉石；碧玉；翡翠
参考例句：
  • The statue was carved out of jade.这座塑像是玉雕的。
  • He presented us with a couple of jade lions.他送给我们一对玉狮子。
4 racing 1ksz3w     
n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的
参考例句：
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
5 gadgets 7239f3f3f78d7b7d8bbb906e62f300b4     
n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）
参考例句：
  • Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
  • This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
6 limousines 2ea1b3716e983c57050ebf341f26a92d     
n.豪华轿车( limousine的名词复数 )；（往返机场接送旅客的）中型客车，小型公共汽车
参考例句：
  • Elearor hated to use White House limousines because she didn't want people spying on her. 埃莉诺很不愿意使用白宫的小轿车，因为她不愿让人暗中监视她。 来自辞典例句
  • Maybe they are seeking for spacious houses and limousines. 也许在追求阔宅豪车。 来自互联网
7 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉
参考例句：
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
8 allocate ILnys     
vt.分配，分派；把…拨给；把…划归
参考例句：
  • You must allocate the money carefully.你们必须谨慎地分配钱。
  • They will allocate fund for housing.他们将拨出经费建房。

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