On January 25, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on business operations in 2021.
Guo Tingting, director of the General Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said that domestic consumption will gradually recover in 2021.
The total retail sales of social consumer goods for the year was 44.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.5%.
The urban and rural markets recovered simultaneously.
The zero value of urban and rural cooperatives increased by 12.5% and 12.1% respectively.
The consumption of upgraded commodities increased significantly, and the sales volume of new energy vehicles increased by 1.6 times.
The consumption of catering and other services has recovered in an orderly manner, and catering revenue has increased by 18.6%, which is close to the level before the epidemic.
The rapid development of new consumption, the online retail sales of physical goods was 10.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 12%, accounting for 24.5% of the total retail sales.
The sales of duty-free goods in the outlying islands of Hainan increased by 83.1%.
(Reporter Wang Shibo produced Le Xiaomin)
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]