section_path: Economy/Modern business and trade
section_name: Modern business and trade
paragraph_text: Modern business and trade
  
  Chengdu is the largest trade center in western China with a market covering all of Sichuan province, exerting influence on six provinces, cities, and districts in western China. Chengdu ranks first among cities in western China in terms of the scale of foreign investment in commerce and trade. By 2012, total retail sales of consumer goods in Chengdu reached RMB 331.77 billion, up 16 percent annually on average.