The retail industries is one of the most vigorous and competitive industries in our country. The rapidly increasing economy and enormous market potential of our country, especially our government' s promise that every kind of limiting commitment for the foreign retail trade into Chinese will be canceled after affiliation WTO, and attracts the international retailing magnates rushing into the Chinese market.
The text expatiates the challenge and opportunity brought by the entering of foreign retail trade, comparing the difference between foreign retail trade and mother-island retail trade in management、scale、price and human recourses. It puts forward the countermeasures and proposals.
[Key words] Open of Retail Industries;WTO; Retail Industries of Foreign Capital;International trade competition