Dashang Group is the largest department store business group in China, ranking 86th among the top 500 Chinese enterprises in 2009. At present, there are 1 1 50 large-scale shops in more than 50 cities in1province (including Beijing), with a total construction area of over 4 million square meters and a total of180,000 employees. In 2008, sales reached 62.5 billion yuan.