同世界其它地区一样，中国人正日益模糊黄金的零售需求和投资需求之间的分别。零售需求通常是指消费者购买黄金首饰用以佩戴，而投资需求则是指买入金条、金币或黄金交易所交易基金份额。
Like the rest of the world, the Chinese are more and more confused with the diffrerences between the retail need of gold, which means the consumers buying of gold jewlry to wear and the investment need of gold, which means the purchasing of gold bars, coins or bond shares from gold trading bureaus.
