A cartoon image of business-to-consumer (B2C) online retail website Tmall.com is placed at its headquaters in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 11, 2012. As the Chinese grassroots' self-proclaimed Singles' Day, which falls on November 11, gains popularity, the country's e-commerce websites have grasped the chance to make money. The burgeoning online retail website Tmall.com launched a 24-hour sales promotion beginning Nov. 11. By the end of 14:00 (0600 GMT) on Sunday, the transaction volume of Tmall.com and its consumer-to-consumer (C2C) counterpart Taobao.com has surpassed 10 billion RMB (about 1.6 billion U.S dollars), higher than the single day on-line sales volume record of the United States in 2011. [Xinhua]

Employees of "Qi Gege" (literally "The Seventh Princess"), an online women's wear retailer, celebrate over increased transactions in the company's office during a sales promotion for the "November 11 Singles' Day" in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, early Nov. 11, 2012. [Xinhua]

People select electrical equipment at an electric home appliance store in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Nov. 11, 2012. As the Chinese grassroots' self-proclaimed Singles' Day, which falls on November 11, gains popularity, the country's merchants have grasped the chance to make money. [Xinhua]