China News Service, Beijing, May 17 (Reporter Wang Enbo) China's official data released on the 17th showed that in April, China's total retail sales of consumer goods was 3,535.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.7%, and an average growth of 4.3% in two years; an increase of 0.32% from the previous month. .

Fu Linghui, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics of China, predicts that consumption's contribution to economic growth will continue to improve.

　　Fu Linghui introduced at the press conference that day that China's consumption growth in April continued to expand.

From the perspective of consumption categories, while commodity consumption has recovered, service consumption has also continued to recover.

In April, retail sales of goods increased by an average of 4.8% year-on-year in two years, which was the same as that from January to March.

In terms of service consumption, food and beverage revenues in April increased by 0.4% year-on-year on average for two years, and fell by 1% on average in the first quarter.

　　From the perspective of consumption patterns, online retail continues to maintain rapid growth.

From January to April, the two-year average online retail sales of physical goods increased by 15.6% year-on-year, 0.2 percentage points faster than that from January to March.

From the perspective of physical store retail, the two-year average growth rate has also accelerated compared with the previous month.

From the perspective of commodity retail sales, most commodity retail categories have maintained growth, and 17 of the 18 major categories have maintained their two-year average growth rate.

Among them, the retail sales of basic lifestyle and upgraded commodities grew at a faster rate.

　　According to the data, in April, from the two-year average growth rate, except for home appliances, the retail sales of other commodity categories all grew positively.

Among them, the retail sales of 10 categories of merchandise, including sports and entertainment products, gold and silver jewelry, and communication equipment, have grown at an average rate of over 10% in two years.

　　Fu Linghui pointed out that there are many favorable conditions for China's consumption to maintain a stable recovery in the next stage.

In the first quarter, the contribution rate of consumption in the three major demands has rebounded to the largest.

In the later stage, consumption will continue to play the role of a stabilizer, and there will be very solid support.

　　At the same time, with the steady recovery of China's economy and the expansion of employment, the income of residents also increased in the first quarter, which is conducive to improving consumption power.

Although there have been some local epidemics recently, China's domestic epidemic prevention and control situation is generally good, which is conducive to enhancing consumer confidence.

As the economy recovers, consumers' expectations for the economic outlook are improving, which is also conducive to enhancing consumer expectations.

From these perspectives, it is expected that the contribution of consumption to economic growth will continue to improve.

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