On October 30, the CPC Central Committee held a press conference to introduce the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee.
Ning Jizhe, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, introduced that the "14th Five-Year Plan" proposal conforms to the expectations of hundreds of millions of people, and makes some suggestions for improving people's livelihood and welfare and improving people's quality of life. Important requirements and major initiatives.
The income and consumption situation during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period shows that in the past few years, the income of Chinese residents has continued to grow. From 2016 to 2019, the average annual per capita disposable income of residents increased by 6.5%; the gap between urban and rural areas has gradually narrowed. The ratio of per capita disposable income of rural residents was 2.64, a decrease of 0.09 from 2015; the size of the middle-income group expanded, from more than 100 million in 2010 to more than 400 million in 2019.
At the same time, the scale of household consumption continued to expand.
The total retail sales of consumer goods in 2019 reached 41.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 36.9% over 2015; the consumption structure has also been continuously optimized, and the Engel coefficient (the proportion of household food expenditure in total expenditure) has dropped from 30.6% in 2015 to 28.2 in 2019 %, this reflects the upgrading of the consumption structure.
New consumer formats and new models are developing vigorously. In 2019, online retail sales reached 10.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.74 times over 2015. This year, online retail has been on the rise.
(Edited by Wu Rui)
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]