Ministry of Commerce: my country’s consumption has strong resilience and sufficient potential, and the fundamentals of long-term positive development of consumption have not changed – Teller Report

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 19 (Reporters Wang Yuxiao, Hu Rui) According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the total retail sales of consumer goods in my country in April fell by 11.1% year-on-year. In this regard, Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Shu Jueting said on the 19th that, in general, the impact of the epidemic is phased and temporary. The characteristics of my country’s consumption of strong resilience and high potential have not changed, and the fundamentals of long-term consumption development have not changed. Change.

At the regular online press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce on the same day, Shu Jueting said that as the impact of the epidemic is gradually brought under control, and various policies and measures to expand domestic demand and promote consumption have been implemented, consumption is expected to continue to recover.

Shu Jueting also mentioned that as one of the series of activities to promote consumption, the “4th Double Product Online Shopping Festival and African Good Things Online Shopping Festival” jointly conducted by the Ministry of Commerce and other departments was successfully held from April 28 to May 12. . During the online shopping festival, the number of participating brands exceeded 100,000. Sales of some “small but beautiful”, new brands more than doubled compared to the same period last year.

“All regions have organized various supporting activities around the themes of trendy life, night economy and new brands. The e-commerce platform actively cooperates with excellent brand enterprises, and launches various promotion methods such as new product pre-sale, limited-time snap-up and special price spikes, so that the Consumers can buy affordable and satisfying.” Shu Jueting said.