China News Service, August 18th. According to the news from the Ministry of Commerce website on the 18th, the head of the Consumer Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce talked about the situation of my country's consumer market in July 2021 and said that in July, the consumer market as a whole maintained a steady recovery, with a national social zero total of 3.5 Trillion yuan, an increase of 8.5% year-on-year and an increase of 7.2% year-on-year.

Mainly present the following characteristics:

　　One is the rapid growth of basic living consumption.

In July, the retail sales of grain, oil, food, daily necessities, and beverages of units above designated size increased by 11.3%, 13.1%, and 20.8% year-on-year.

Among the online retail sales of physical goods, the sales of food and clothing products increased by 23.7% and 21.6% respectively year-on-year.

　　Second, the consumption of culture, sports and residence is increasing well.

In July, sales of sports and entertainment products, cultural office supplies, and gold and silver jewelry of units above designated size increased by 20.7%, 14.8%, and 14.3% year-on-year, respectively. Sales of building materials, furniture, and home appliances increased by 11.6%, 11%, and 8.2% year-on-year.

　　The third is the accelerated release of mid-to-high-end consumer demand.

In July, the duty-free sales of Hainan's outlying islands increased by 44% year-on-year, and the sales of some department stores and outlets in Beijing and Shanghai increased by more than 20% year-on-year.

　　Fourth, service consumption has recovered steadily.

In July, the national catering revenue was 375.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.3% and an increase of 1.7% over the same period in 2019.

The business activity index of accommodation, catering, air transportation and other industries increased by more than 10 percentage points from the previous month.

　　Fifth, the rapid development of new types of consumption.

From January to July, the online retail sales of physical goods was 5.8 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.6%, accounting for 23.6% of the total retail sales.

The national express delivery business volume reached 58.33 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 42.9%, exceeding the level of 2018 for the whole year.

In July, sales of new energy vehicles were 271,000, a year-on-year increase of 1.6 times, accounting for 14.5% of total vehicle sales.

　　Sixth, consumer prices are generally stable.

In July, consumer prices rose 1% year-on-year and 0.3% month-on-month.

In terms of structure, food prices fell by 3.7% year-on-year, of which pork and fresh vegetables prices fell by 43.5% and 4%, non-food prices rose by 2.1%; consumer goods prices rose by 0.6%, and service prices rose by 1.6%.

On average from January to July, consumer prices rose by 0.6% year-on-year.

　　At the same time, affected by factors such as heavy rainfall and frequent outbreaks of the epidemic, the growth rate of total retail sales slowed down in July, down 3.6 percentage points from the previous month. Among them, automobile retail sales experienced negative growth, and some regions such as Jiangsu and Henan showed varying degrees of growth. Fall back.