An employee arranges sausages in a market in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 14, 2011. People started to do Spring Festival purchase for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year. [Xinhua]

Citizens do Spring Festival purchase in a market in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 14, 2011. People started to prapare for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year. [Xinhua]