China News Agency, Beijing, June 15 (Reporter Wang Enbo) The National Bureau of Statistics of China released data on the 15th that in May, China's total retail sales of social consumer goods was 3137.3 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year decrease of 2.8%, a decrease from April. Narrowed by 4.7 percentage points; an increase of 0.79% month-on-month. From January to May, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 1,387.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 13.5%, and the decrease was 2.7 percentage points narrower than that from January to April.
Zhang Min, a statistician at the Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that as China's domestic epidemic prevention and control situation continues to consolidate, the pace of business resumption and business resumption has accelerated, and the order of residents' lives has been significantly restored. Especially under the promotion of various policies such as expanding domestic demand and promoting consumption, residents' consumption has continued to improve, and the decline in market sales has narrowed for three consecutive months.
Specifically, the consumer market continues to improve gradually. As China's epidemic prevention and control situation continues to improve, residents' outing shopping and dining activities have accelerated and market sales have improved for three consecutive months. In May, the total retail sales of social consumer goods decreased by 2.8% year-on-year, a decrease of 4.7 percentage points on the basis of a narrowing of 8.3 percentage points in April. After deducting price factors, the actual decrease was 3.7%, which was narrowed by 5.4 percentage points.
The retail scale of commodities is close to the level of the same month last year. In May, retail sales of goods fell by 0.8% year-on-year, a decrease of 3.8 percentage points from April. Among them, the retail sales of units above designated size increased from a decline to a year-on-year increase of 2.5%, compared with a 1.5% decrease in April. In terms of commodity categories, among the retail value of units above designated size, nearly 80% of commodities achieved year-on-year growth, and most retail sales improved compared with April.
While market sales are gradually picking up, consumer-upgraded goods and online retailing continue to improve.
In May, sports and entertainment products and cosmetics products increased by 15.4% and 12.9% respectively, which were 3.8 and 9.4 percentage points faster than that of April; automotive products increased by 3.5%. From January to May, China's online retail sales were 4,017.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%, 2.8 percentage points faster than that from January to April; of which, the online retail sales of physical goods increased by 11.5%, 2.9 percentage points faster than that from January to April, accounting for The proportion of total retail sales of social consumer goods was 24.3%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from January to April. (Finish)