OREANDA-NEWS. December 17, 2012. Shopping carts are put on a special escalator, which was purchased from Germany for 3 million yuan (USD 481,000) and transported back to China on a chartered flight for 500,000 yuan, in China's first "future supermarket" in Hefei, capital city of East China's Anhui province, on Dec 10, 2012. The supermarket features a number of advanced technologies, such as self-service cash registers, electronic wi-fi price tags and special escalators.

A shopper uses a self-service scale in China's first hi-tech "future supermarket" in Hefei, capital city of East China's Anhui province, on Dec 10, 2012. 
 
Shoppers can exchange used bottles for shopping coupons through a recycling machine inside China's first hi-tech "future supermarket" in Hefei, capital city of East China's Anhui province, on Dec 10, 2012. 
 
A boy plays in a free playground in China's first hi-tech "future supermarket" in Hefei, capital city of East China's Anhui province, on Dec 10, 2012. 
 
The "sand" in the free children's playground in China's first hi-tech "future supermarket" is actually soothing Chinese herbs, in Hefei, capital city of East China's Anhui province, on Dec 10, 2012. 
 
Shoppers ride a special escalator, which was purchased from Germany for 3 million yuan (USD 481,000) and transported back to China on a chartered flight for 500,000 yuan, in China's first "future supermarket" in Hefei, capital city of East China's Anhui province, on Dec 10, 2012.