CCTV News (News Network): General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that we must vigorously implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand and take more powerful measures to achieve a virtuous circle of social reproduction. Since the beginning of this year, a series of measures to expand domestic demand and promote consumption have continued to make efforts, people's consumer confidence has been continuously enhanced, the consumer market has rebounded significantly, and the consumption potential that has been continuously stimulated is injecting new impetus into promoting the high-quality development of China's economy.
In the spring, China is full of active scenes of consumption recovery. In spring, seasonal vegetables and fruits are concentrated on the market, and the delivery time of fresh food is accelerated, and this batch of freshly picked Jiangnan spring shoots can be served to the tables of northern citizens in as fast as 10 hours. When the spring outing is just right, people's travel radius continues to expand, camping in the 3,12-mu rape field in Pingxiang, Jiangxi, catching a market at the foot of Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province, and the new scene of cultural tourism consumption extended around the "flower appreciation tour" is full of highlights. Supermarkets and shopping malls around the world have been renewed, and a number of specialty restaurants and retail shops have opened up. According to high-frequency data from the State Information Center, since the beginning of this year, the consumption enthusiasm of China's offline business districts has grown steadily, and the average daily index value in March has increased by 27.7 points compared with the low point in December last year, and residents' offline consumption has continued to be hot.
China has a large-scale domestic demand market with huge consumption potential. General Secretary Xi Jinping has made important expositions on adhering to the strategy of expanding domestic demand and giving full play to the basic role of consumption. At the second collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to form a complete domestic demand system as soon as possible, establish and improve a long-term mechanism for expanding residents' consumption, so that residents can consume with a stable income, dare to consume without worries, and have a good consumption environment with a strong sense of gain and willingness to consume.
In the face of the outstanding contradiction of insufficient total demand, this year, the state has deeply implemented the "14th Five-Year Plan" to expand domestic demand strategy, from optimizing investment space, increasing high-quality supply to promoting the coordinated development of urban and rural areas, and releasing the potential of domestic demand; From comprehensively promoting consumption, accelerating consumption and improving quality to improving modern market and circulation systems, to promote the organic connection of production and demand. A series of measures to expand domestic demand and boost consumption are being intensively implemented, continuing to stimulate the potential of the domestic ultra-large-scale market.
The Ministry of Commerce designated this year as the "Year of Consumption Boost", and based on resource endowments and regional advantages, various localities have successively launched a series of brand activities with strong local characteristics. The consumption activities of "seasonal themes, monthly exhibitions, and weekly scenes" will run through the whole year, forming a wave-like consumption boom. Just a few days ago, Beijing's Liangma River officially opened its sailing, integrating various consumption scenes such as boat trips, food tasting, night skateboarding, and waterfront performances, connecting important business districts such as Sanlitun, Lufthansa, and Blue Harbor along the way, forming a diversified public space integrating culture, tourism and commerce.
In Zhengzhou, Henan Province, a cross-border e-commerce new retail experience store was opened in the community for the first time, and residents can buy nearly 50,<> kinds of bonded products from more than <> countries and regions, including Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, at their doorstep.
Traditional consumption has been upgraded in quality, and new consumption is also cultivating and growing. In the Chunxi Road business district in Chengdu, Sichuan, the 27 new first stores have brought new experiences to customers.
Recently, 10 business districts in 12 cities across the country, including Chunxi Road business district, have been established as the first batch of national demonstration smart business districts. Through the integrated online and offline smart consumption ecosystem, it will meet the quality and diversified consumption needs of residents.
From January to February this year, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China increased by 1.2% year-on-year, realizing the change from decline to increase. After analyzing the operation of life service merchants nationwide, the State Information Center found that the business vitality and consumption vitality of the life service industry are growing rapidly, and the average daily index in March increased by 3.5 points and 3.12 points respectively compared with December last year. The continuous release of consumption vitality is providing strong support for high-quality economic development and accelerating the construction of a new development pattern with domestic circulation as the main body and domestic and international dual circulation promoting each other.