Based on sales volume in 2012 and market share growth from 2008 to 2012, Gaoxin Retail is the largest and fastest growing hypermarket operator in China. Gaoxin Retail operates the hypermarket business under two famous brands, “Auchan” and “Da Runfa”. As of June 30, 2013, the Group has opened a total of 284 comprehensive hypermarkets in 26 of the country's 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, including first-tier cities such as Shanghai and Beijing, as well as high-volume second-tier and lower-tier cities, including Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jinan, Hefei, Dongguan, Wuhan, Changde, Panyang, Mudanjiang, Xi'an and Lanzhou, and the suburbs of first-tier cities.