China News Service, September 17th. According to the Ministry of Commerce website, the head of the Consumer Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce said when discussing the situation of China's consumer market from January to August that at present, my country's epidemic prevention and control has achieved major strategic results, and the consumer market has entered " "Golden Nine Silver Ten" consumption season.
The person in charge said that in August, as the situation of China’s epidemic prevention and control continued to improve, social production and living order returned to normal, the vitality of various market entities continued to increase, and the promotion of consumption policies and measures continued to exert force, and the consumer goods market achieved the first time this year. Positive growth.
The total retail sales of consumer goods from January to August was 23.8 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.6%, and the rate of decline narrowed by 1.3 percentage points from January to July.
The consumer market in August has the following characteristics:
First, the growth rate of commodity sales accelerated.
The retail sales of goods in August was 3.0 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%, and the growth rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than the previous month.
Among the 15 categories of commodities above designated size, 12 categories achieved year-on-year growth, and the growth rate of 9 categories increased to varying degrees from the previous month.
The consumption of upgraded commodities grew rapidly, with the year-on-year growth of 25.1%, 19.0%, 15.3% and 11.8% in communication equipment, cosmetics, gold and silver jewelry, and automobiles respectively.
Consumption of basic commodities maintained an upward trend, with beverages and daily necessities increasing by 12.9% and 11.4% respectively.
Second, service consumption continued to recover.
Food and beverage revenue in August was 361.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.0%, and the rate of decline narrowed by 4 percentage points from the previous month.
Food and beverage revenue from January to August was 2.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 26.6%, and the rate of decline narrowed by 3 percentage points from January to July.
The market activity of accommodation, culture and entertainment and other service industries has increased, and the business activity index is higher than 57.0%, which has increased to varying degrees from the previous month.
The business volume of express service companies nationwide reached 7.24 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 36.5%.
Third, urban and rural consumption has turned positive simultaneously.
In August, the total retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 2.9 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.5%, and the growth rate rose 1.6 percentage points from the previous month; the retail sales of rural consumer goods was 429.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.7%, and the growth rate rebounded by 2 percentage points.
The fourth is the rapid growth of online consumption.
From January to August, the national online retail sales were 7.0 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.5% and an increase of 0.5 percentage points from January to July.
Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods was 5.9 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.8%, and the growth rate was 0.1 percentage point higher than last month, accounting for 24.6% of the total retail sales, an increase of 5.2 percentage points from the same period last year.
Fifth, the increase in consumer prices fell.
In August, the consumer price index rose by 2.4% year-on-year, and the increase was 0.3 percentage points lower than the previous month.
Among them, the price of consumer goods rose by 0.6%, an increase of 3.7 percentage points lower than the previous month, and the price of services remained flat; the price of pork rose 52.6% year-on-year, a sharp drop of 33.1 percentage points from the previous month.
From January to August, national consumer prices rose 3.5% over the same period last year.
The person in charge said that currently, China's epidemic prevention and control has achieved major strategic results, and the consumer market has entered the "golden nine silver ten" consumption season. With the "six stability" and "six guarantees" policies and normalized epidemic prevention and control measures continue to be implemented. A series of consumption promotion activities and measures have been deeply organized and implemented, market sentiment has steadily rebounded, commercial order has been fully restored, consumption potential has been continuously replenished and released, and the momentum of consumption recovery has been further consolidated.