While traditional home appliances frequently gained consumers' attention at mid-to-high-end levels, computers, digital devices, and communication electronics competed for the attention of consumers in the May Day market with their "novelty."
Guo Yong told the reporter that the recently concluded Shanghai Auto Show had fully satisfied car-loving consumers, and international automakers had also targeted China as a huge consumer market. With Beijing being a low point for car prices nationwide, this stimulated many out-of-town consumers around the area to come to Asia Market to purchase cars during the "May Day" holiday.