Article: CHINA REPORTS ANNUAL GROWTH OF 6% IN NO. OF BEAUTY PARLORS.

BEIJING, March 29 Asia Pulse - China's beauty industry, which employs more than 16 million of the country's labor force, has reported an annual growth of 6 per cent in the number of its beauty parlors, an industry report released on Tuesday says.

According to a survey conducted by the Cosmetology Chamber of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, there were approximately 1.54 million beauty parlors in 2003, and the number has been growing by 6 per cent annually.

Of the existing beauty clinics and hairdressing shops, about 51 per cent were opened in the past five years, the report says.

The beauty industry in China has been described ...

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