National Bureau of Statistics: The total retail sales of consumer goods and services in the first half of the year increased by 2.7% year-on-year.

The National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that in the first half of the year, the total retail sales of consumer goods and services increased by 2.7% year-on-year, with service retail sales increasing by 5.3% and goods retail sales increasing by 1.1%. Among the service retail sales, communication information services, tourism consultancy leasing services, and cultural and leisure services retail sales grew rapidly. In the first half of the year, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 2.48722 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%. When divided by the location of the operating units, urban retail sales of consumer goods reached 2.15506 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%; rural retail sales of consumer goods reached 0.33216 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.5%. By consumption type, goods retail sales reached 2.20467 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.1%; catering revenue reached 0.28255 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.8%. Sales of basic necessities and some upgraded goods grew rapidly, with retail sales of grain and oil products, clothing shoes hats and textiles, and communication equipment increasing by 7.4%, 6.7%, and 14.4% year-on-year, respectively. In June, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 0.42691 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.0%, down from a 0.6% decrease in the previous month; a month-on-month increase of 0.38%. In the first half of the year, the national online retail sales of goods and services reached 1.00715 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%. Among them, online retail sales of goods reached 0.64296 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.8%; online service retail sales reached 0.36419 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.0%.