1st LD-Writethru-China Focus: China's Yiwu jumps on bandwagon of holiday shopping spree amid latest trade reforms

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- While customers in Europe and the United States are busy shopping for this year's Christmas supplies, Yiwu, a city in eastern China known as "the world's supermarket," is already preparing for next year's festive products.

Yiwu produces around two-thirds of the world's Christmas products, including towering artificial trees, festive costumes, colorful ornaments, lights and decorative