Light refers to fixed assets, headcount, management processes and other burdens that are less than that of traditional retailers heavy refers to areas such as logistics and storage that require enormous investment.

Both the headcount of people having received punishment under the Party disciplines or the government disciplines and the number of punished cadres under the centralized management are the highest in the years since the reform and opening up.

The new headcount in Kalma camp on 4 October, after six months of obstructive behaviour from authorities and sheikhs within the camps, indicated that the camp population is 87,000, substantially less than the working figure of 130,000 previously used.