A few days ago, the National Bureau of Statistics released news that from January to February, China’s total retail sales of consumer goods reached 660.64 billion yuan, a nominal increase of 8.2% year-on-year. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods above designated size was 2,309.6 billion yuan, an increase of 3.5%.

From January to February, the retail sales of urban consumer goods was 562 billion yuan, up 8.0% year-on-year; the retail sales of rural consumer goods was 985.4 billion yuan, up 9.1%. The retail sales of goods reached 588.13 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0%. In commodity retailing, from January to February, the retail sales of units above designated size was 2,185.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%. Among them, the retail sales of clothing, shoes, hats and needles textiles was 233.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.8%.

From January to February, the national online retail sales amounted to 1,398.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.6%. Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods was 1,090.1 billion yuan, an increase of 19.5%, accounting for 16.5% of the total retail sales of consumer goods; in the online retail sales of physical goods, the consumption, wear and use of goods increased by 20.2%, 15.6% and 20.8 respectively. %.