Golden piggy-banks run out of sale in Year of Pig

时间：2007-01-06 01:12:39

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Chinanews, Hangzhou, Jan. 5 – In many Asian countries, 2007 is considered not only as the Year of the Pig, but a year of golden pig which falls once in every 60 years according to folk legends. In China, shops, supermarkets and department stores follow a tradition that at the end of the year, they usually place a small, pretty piggy-bank inside the shop to help promote sales. In November last year, as many Chinese businesspeople rushed to buy these golden piggy-banks in Yiwu, the world’s largest market for retailed2 goods, they suddenly found that these piggy-banks were already out of sale. They had been bought up by Korean and Japanese businesspeople several months before the Chinese New Year arrives.

 

In China, the piggy-bank is usually made of porcelain3 and painted in a golden color. Mr. Zhong, a man who sells porcelain products in the Yiwu International Trade Center, said that he had sold porcelain products for more than ten years and usually, the business booming4 season would begin in November.

 

However, for this year, many Korean businesspeople moved one step ahead of their Chinese counterparts5 when the golden pig year is just around the corner. Starting from last August, businesspeople from Korea and Japan came to Yiwu to place orders for products related6 with the golden pig year and many of them bought a large number of golden porcelain piggy-banks. Each order contained the production of at least 6,000 products. At that time, many Chinese businesspeople had not placed their orders yet, said Zhong.

 

When Chinese businesspeople started to place their orders for piggy-banks at the end of 2006, about 70-80% of these products had already been sold out in Yiwu retail1 market. A piggy-bank manufacturer7 said that the hot sale was unprecedented8 in ten years.

 

In Mr. Zhong's store, the reporter happened to meet a salesman, Mr. Li, who came to Yiwu from Nanjing Jinqiao Market. He told the reporter that he started to come to Yiwu way back in last November ordering for piggy-banks. The sales were extremely good. This was the third time for him to come to Yiwu to place extra orders. In his previous two deals, he bought 1,000 golden porcelain piggy-banks each time. This time, he took his friends with him and they wanted to buy more. However, they didn’t see any sample product in the store, since Mr. Zhong had sold his sample two days ago.

 

Mr. Zhong explained that generally even in the most difficult situation, he wouldn’t sell his sample product. If he sold it, it meant that he wouldn’t accept any new orders. For him, he had already received too many orders from his previous customers asking him to produce more products for them. So, even if he accepted any new orders, he might not be able to produce enough products as customers required.

 
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1 retail VWoxC     
v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格
参考例句：
  • In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
  • These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。
2 retailed 32cfb2ce8c2d8660f8557c2efff3a245     
vt.零售（retail的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • She retailed the neighbours' activities with relish. 她饶有兴趣地对邻居们的活动说三道四。
  • The industrial secrets were retailed to a rival concern. 工业秘密被泄露给一家对立的公司。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 porcelain USvz9     
n.瓷；adj.瓷的，瓷制的
参考例句：
  • These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
  • The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。
4 booming mxKzi6     
adj.急速发展的v.激增( boom的现在分词 )；猛涨；发出隆隆声；以低沉有力的声音说话
参考例句：
  • The opera singer has a deep, booming, masculine voice. 这位歌剧演唱家有一副深沉而又浑厚有力的嗓音。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • He is booming as a teacher. 作为一位教师，他日趋成功。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 counterparts 67cc86339b2654a35fcc57da8fc9d33d     
与对方地位相当的人，与另一方作用相当的物( counterpart的名词复数 )； 同仁
参考例句：
  • Deep-sea valleys are the counterparts of the mountain chains. 深海里的峡谷相当于陆地上的山脉。
  • Many states have enacted their own counterparts to RCRA and CERCLA. 许多州都已经针对《资源保护和恢复法》和《综合性环境反应、赔偿与责任法案》制定了他们各自的实施细则。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
6 related vkGzSv     
adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的
参考例句：
  • I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
  • We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
7 manufacturer DBgxl     
n.生产厂商，制造公司，厂主
参考例句：
  • A manufacturer can amplify the demand of a product by advertising widely.厂商能用大做广告的方法来扩大人们对产品的需求。
  • Prices are laid down by the manufacturer.价格是由厂商制定的。
8 unprecedented 7gSyJ     
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
  • The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
  • A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

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