China-Singapore Jingwei Client, October 23 (Xiong Siyi) Recently, in the first three quarters of 2020, the per capita consumption expenditure of residents in 31 provinces was announced. Shanghai ranked first with more than 30,000 per capita, and Beijing, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Guangdong, Jiangsu, The per capita consumption in the seven provinces of Fujian and Chongqing exceeded the national average in the first three quarters.

Per capita consumption in 8 provinces exceeds the national average

  According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first three quarters, the national per capita consumption expenditure of residents was 14,923 yuan, a nominal decrease of 3.5% over the same period of the previous year. After deducting price factors, the actual decrease was 6.6%.

According to this data comparison, in the first three quarters, the per capita consumption of Shanghai, Beijing, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian, and Chongqing outperformed the country.

  Fang Xiaodan, director of the Household Survey Office of the National Bureau of Statistics, pointed out that with the effective control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, economic and social order has accelerated, and the growth rate of household consumption has rebounded.

Under the conditions of normalized epidemic prevention and control, relevant departments and localities have introduced a series of policies and measures to promote the rapid development of new consumption and activate the potential of new consumption, effectively promoting residents' consumption replenishment.

  Screenshot source: National Bureau of Statistics

  From the ranking point of view, compared with the same period in 2019, Zhejiang rose by 1 place to enter the top 3 provinces in per capita consumption, Chongqing and Hunan rose by 3 places to enter the top 10; Tianjin fell by 1 place and fell out of the top 3, Liaoning fell by 2 places to secure the top 10, and Inner Mongolia fell 2 places, Hubei dropped 6 places and fell out of the top 10.

  On the whole, the eight provinces of Yunnan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Tibet, Guizhou, Hunan, Qinghai, and Fujian achieved positive growth in the first three quarters. Among them, per capita consumption in Yunnan increased by 728.78 yuan year-on-year, a year-on-year increase of 0.07%, and both data are ranked The 31 provinces ranked first; the per capita consumption of Chongqing and Sichuan both increased by more than 320 yuan, an increase of 0.02%.

  Regarding the differences in the changes in the per capita consumption expenditure of residents in different provinces in the first three quarters, Su Jian, director of the Center for National Economic Research of Peking University, said in an interview with the Sino-Singapore Jingwei client that the provinces with a year-on-year decrease in per capita consumption were affected by the epidemic or caused by the epidemic Places with stricter measures; those places where per capita consumption is growing are actually less affected by the epidemic, so economic activities are basically not affected too much. The positive growth of local residents’ per capita consumption is understandable.

Where did the money go?

Per capita expenditure on food, tobacco and alcohol increased by 5.5%

  According to data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first three quarters of 2020, food, tobacco, alcohol and housing expenditure accounted for a total of 55.5%, which are the two most important consumption expenditures of domestic residents, and are also the only two of the eight categories of consumption expenditure that remain unchanged. Normal growth in consumer spending.

  Screenshot source: National Bureau of Statistics

  In this regard, Fang Xiaodan explained that in the first three quarters, affected by the increase in home time, per capita expenditure on food, tobacco and alcohol and per capita living expenditure of residents across the country increased by 5.5% and 3.6% respectively.

Fang Xiaodan also mentioned that in the first three quarters, the Internet and various consumer formats have been deeply integrated, and live broadcasts have continued to prosper. The number of people purchasing goods and services through the Internet has increased significantly, and the per capita postage expenditure has increased by 8.5%.

  In fact, entering the fourth quarter, the peak consumption season of Double Eleven is coming again.

According to data from the third-party data platform Gray Dolphin, on October 20th, Li Jiaqi's live broadcast alone brought about 8,214,400 goods and sales of about 3.430 billion yuan, approaching the movie box office of 3.69 billion yuan in the seven days before the National Day in 2020.

  Screenshot source: Gray Dolphin Data

  It is worth mentioning that since the final payment is more "larger" than the deposit, after the Double Eleven pre-sale started, #加油尾款人#, #付預金和付后款时的 Difference# and other topics quickly sparked heated discussions on the Internet. The final result of the Double Eleven in 2020 has also become even more fascinating.

  Earlier, Liu Aihua, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics, mentioned that in the first three quarters, online retail sales of physical goods increased by 15.3% year-on-year, accounting for 24.3% of the total retail sales of consumer goods.

Generally speaking, under the impact of the epidemic this year, online consumption has played a very important role in protecting people's livelihood, epidemic prevention and control, and overall economic growth.

(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)

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