Ministry of Commerce: China's consumer market has remained stable and improving

　　Chinanews.com, December 23rd. The Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference on the 23rd. When talking about the consumption growth trend, the spokesperson Gao Feng said that due to the spread of the epidemic and the rising base, the growth rate of my country's consumer market in November It has slowed down, but still shows strong resilience.

On the whole, the steady and positive trend of my country's consumer market has not changed.

Mainly have the following characteristics:

　　First, urban and rural consumption rebounded simultaneously.

From January to November, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban and rural areas were 34.6 trillion yuan and 5.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.8% and 13.3% respectively.

　　The second is the steady growth of basic living consumption.

From January to November, the retail sales of grain, oil, food and beverages of units above designated size increased by 10.7% and 21.2% year-on-year respectively.

Among the online retail sales of physical goods, the sales of food products increased by 18.8% year-on-year.

　　The third is the rapid growth in sales of upgraded products.

From January to November, the retail sales of gold, silver, jewellery, cultural and office supplies, and communication equipment of units above designated size increased by 34.1%, 20.2%, and 16.3% year-on-year, and the retail sales of building materials and furniture increased by 22.2% and 16.9% year-on-year.

　　The fourth is the rapid development of new types of consumption.

From January to November, online retail sales of physical goods reached 9.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.2% year-on-year, accounting for 24.5% of total retail sales; sales of new energy vehicles were 2.99 million, an increase of 1.7 times year-on-year, accounting for 12.7% of total automobile sales.

　　Gao Feng said that in the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will follow the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference, adhere to the principle of stability, and seek progress while increasing urban consumption. At the same time, it will speed up the improvement of the county-level commercial system, further promote rural consumption, cultivate consumption hotspots, and promote consumption. Continuous and stable recovery and upgrading will promote the construction of a new development pattern.