Original title: The Spring Festival consumer market is running smoothly and improving quality steadily
At a regular press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce today (the 10th), Gao Feng, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, introduced that during the Spring Festival this year, China’s consumer market is running smoothly and improving quality steadily.
According to reports, during the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Commerce focused on monitoring travel-related sales of petroleum products and automobiles, which increased by 18.2% and 11.3% year-on-year, respectively. The sales of green appliances on some e-commerce platforms increased by more than 110% year-on-year, and the total sales of 10 duty-free shops on outlying islands in Hainan increased by more than 1.5 times year-on-year.
Food and beverage consumption is gradually picking up. The integration of online and offline catering consumption has accelerated, and frugality and safety have become the mainstream of consumption. The sales volume of prefabricated dishes on some takeaway platforms increased by more than 3 times year-on-year, and the catering transaction volume of some large e-commerce platforms increased by nearly 10% year-on-year.
The consumption of ice and snow is rapidly heating up. The Beijing Winter Olympics have stimulated a boom in ice and snow consumption. The passenger flow of ice rinks, snow resorts, and ice and snow theme parks in various places has increased significantly. Indoor ice hockey, skating, skiing and other sports have flourished, and niche activities such as ice climbing and rock climbing and snow rafting have gradually emerged.
Gao Feng, spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce: According to data from some e-commerce platforms, sales of ski equipment increased by more than 180% year-on-year during the Spring Festival, sales of ice sports categories increased by more than 300% year-on-year, and the transaction volume of ice and snow scenic spots increased by more than 80% year-on-year.
In addition, during the Spring Festival, suburban tours, city tours, folk customs, and exhibitions have become hot spots for consumption.
The market for necessities of daily life in various places is generally well supplied, with rich varieties and generally stable prices. According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, during the Spring Festival, the prices of grain and eggs in the country’s 100 large-scale wholesale agricultural and sideline products were the same as the week before the festival. (Head station CCTV reporter Liu Ying, Zhang Daofeng, Xu Ningning, Ge Xiaowei)