Ministry of Commerce: Total retail sales of consumer goods from January to February increased by 5.5% year-on-year to 8,130.7 billion yuan. Digital consumption is booming, and online retail is growing rapidly.
During the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Commerce focused on monitoring rural online retail sales on e-commerce platforms, which increased by 16.1% and 5.0% respectively year- on-year. The box office of Spring Festival movies was 8.016 billion yuan, setting a new record for the Spring festival box office in previous years.