China News Service, Beijing, March 15 (Reporter Wang Enbo) The National Bureau of Statistics of China released data on the 15th, showing that from January to February, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China was 6973.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33.8%, compared with January-February 2019 An increase of 6.4%, an average increase of 3.2% in two years.
Regarding the current momentum of consumption rebound, Liu Aihua, director of the National Bureau of Statistics and spokesman for the National Economic Comprehensive Statistics Department, analyzed that commodity sales have accelerated the recovery, but catering consumption has not yet returned to the level before the epidemic.
From January to February, the retail sales of goods increased by an average of 3.8% in two years, and the income of catering fell by 2%. “It shows that catering consumption is still affected by the clustering and sporadic epidemics in some areas, and the consumption potential has not yet been fully released.”
At the same time, the growth rate of upgraded products is relatively high, and basic living consumption has maintained a steady growth.
From January to February, among the upgraded products, the two-year average growth rate of sports and entertainment products and communication equipment reached more than 18%.
The consumption of basic living consumption, such as grain, oil and food, increased by an average of 10.3% in two years, continuing to maintain steady growth.
Online retail has maintained rapid growth, and physical stores have shown recovery growth.
From January to February, the online retail sales of physical goods increased by an average of 16% in two years, and the retail sales of goods in physical stores above designated size increased by 4.1%.
While online retail has maintained rapid growth, physical stores have gradually recovered their growth in the context of effective prevention and control of the epidemic.
Liu Aihua said that in response to the need to build a new development pattern, China needs to continue to increase domestic demand.
Specifically, it is necessary to increase the consumption power, and promote the steady growth of residents' income through stable expansion of employment, and then increase the consumption power of residents.
In addition, it is necessary to improve the consumption environment and boost consumer confidence.
Further consolidate the effectiveness of epidemic prevention and control, improve the consumption environment, and continuously boost consumer confidence.
It is necessary to comprehensively promote consumption and enhance traditional consumption, such as large traditional consumption of automobiles and home appliances.
Adapt to the development of the Internet era and cultivate new types of consumption including online shopping.
Develop consumption of services such as health, culture and tourism.
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