China: Chinese-made cooling products sell like hot cakes as heatwave grips Italy.

【Voice_over】 When it’s hot in Italy, people buy Chinese fans and cooling products. That’s what the latest data from an Italian price comparison platform shows, with a dramatic surge in demand starting in mid-May. According to the platform's "heat management" category, fans were the best-selling products between May 21st and 27th, with sales jumping 543 percent from the previous week. Due to the rising demand, staff at an AliExpress warehouse in Milan have been restocking things like tower and desk fans, almost daily. The head of the e-commerce giant’s Italian online platform said the heatwave in mid-May was their main sales driver. 【Sound_bite】 Yang Dingsheng, head, Italian merchant operations, AliExpress: "We released heat relief products earlier than usual this year, since the heatwave started in mid-May. A look at the numbers showed that our sales in May were roughly five times higher than in March and have surged about 10 times in June from March." 【Voice_over】 Data from the Italian pricing platform also shows that during May 21st and 27th, sales of sunshades shot up by 117 percent. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]