Chinanews.com, January 13th (Song Yusheng, reporter from Chinanews Finance and Economics) At the beginning of the new year, "fireworks" has become a hot word on social media.

People lament that the smoke and fire in the world are the most soothing to the hearts of ordinary people.

　　The neon lights in the commercial district square, the hustle and bustle during the Spring Festival travel, and the tourist attractions are full of tourists... With the continuous optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control measures, residents' travel and offline consumption have gradually increased.

The picture shows the Summer Palace Ice Rink.

Photo courtesy of Beijing Park Management Center

　　The consumer market recovered in an orderly manner.

During the New Year's Day holiday, the sales of grain, oil, food, beverages, and daily necessities of key retail enterprises monitored by the Ministry of Commerce increased by 11.3%, 10.2%, and 2.6% year-on-year respectively.

The demand for inter-provincial travel and long-distance travel has increased significantly, and the hotel occupancy rate and booking rate in popular tourist destinations have continued to increase.

According to agency data, the three-day box office on New Year's Day exceeded 550 million yuan, and the operating rate of theaters across the country reached 85%, a record high in 10 months.

According to business big data monitoring, online retail sales in the first five days of the "2023 National Online New Year's Day" reached 208 billion yuan, an increase of 4.7% over the same period last year.

On January 7, the passenger flow at Shanghai Hongqiao Station increased significantly Photo by Pu Fan

　　The number of travelers increased significantly.

On January 7, the 40-day 2023 Spring Festival travel season kicked off.

Officials estimate that the total passenger flow during the Spring Festival travel season will be about 2.095 billion, an increase of 99.5% over the same period last year and a return to 70.3% of the same period in 2019.

On the first day of the Spring Festival Transport, a total of 34.736 million passengers were transported by railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation across the country, an increase of 11.1% from the previous month and a 38.9% increase from the same period in 2022.

"One ticket is hard to find" for train tickets for some popular routes returning home again, and the travel radius of passengers has reached its peak in three years.

　　With China's orderly resumption of citizens' outbound tourism, outbound tourism continues to heat up.

A number of airlines are deploying international and regional routes intensively, and some countries have issued "separate air" online invitations to Chinese tourists, welcoming Chinese tourists to visit.

The picture shows the Hongyadong Folk Customs Area in Chongqing.

Photo by Xiao Jiangchuan

　　The consumption potential is deeply activated.

As the Spring Festival approaches, various consumer vouchers are issued intensively in many places, involving catering, home appliances, cultural tourism, department stores, automobiles and other fields: starting from January 6, Zhengzhou City’s 15 million yuan of consumer vouchers for household appliances will be officially issued; from January 10 to 2 During the period of January 28, Shenyang City issued 100 million yuan of New Year consumer vouchers; Tianjin's second phase of "Jin Tesco" consumer voucher issuance activities was officially launched on January 11, with a total of 115 million yuan issued; Hubei Province will also issue 2023 Buy Hubei" consumer coupons...

　　At the same time, in order to stimulate the vitality of small and micro market entities and highlight the theme of benefiting the people, many places issued small general consumption coupons and takeaway coupons through online platforms.

In order to promote the recovery of cultural tourism consumption during the Spring Festival, exclusive consumption coupons for cultural tourism such as hotels and scenic spots have also emerged as the times require...

Under the night, overlooking the colorful city of Beijing.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong

　　The rise in people's consumption activities indicates the recovery of economic vitality.

China's economy has strong resilience, great potential and vitality, and its long-term fundamentals remain unchanged.

Economists generally predict that in the first half of 2023, especially in the second quarter, China's social production and living order will be restored at an accelerated pace, and economic vitality will be released at an accelerated pace.

　　Today's China is a China full of vitality.

The rising smoke embodies people's vision for the new year, and it also shows the vitality of China's economy.

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