On July 29, at the special press conference of “business work and operation in the first half of 2022” held by the Ministry of Commerce, the reporter of the news (www.thepaper.cn) asked: we noticed that the total retail sales of social consumer goods in June increased by 3.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate changed from negative to positive. How does the Ministry of Commerce view the operation of the consumer market in the first half of the year, especially in the near future< Br > < div class= "contheight" > < / div > in response, an Baojun, deputy director of the Department of consumption promotion of the Ministry of Commerce, said that in the first half of this year, China’s consumer market experienced three stages: a stable start, a downward pressure and a gradual recovery. Affected by the epidemic, the total amount of zero social security increased continuously in the three months of March, April and may. With the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control improving, and the implementation of policies and measures to promote steady growth and consumption has been effective, the consumer market has shown a positive recovery trend recently. In June, the total social retail sales increased by 3.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate changed from negative to positive. However, the foundation of consumption recovery is not yet solid, and more efforts are needed to promote the sustained recovery of consumption. Main features:

< /div> first, bulk consumption has stopped falling and recovered. With the gradual implementation of policies and measures such as halving the purchase tax of some passenger cars and steadily increasing the consumption of automobile and household appliances, bulk consumption has significantly warmed up. In June, the car retail sales of units above the designated size increased by 13.9% year-on-year, a sharp increase over May< Br > < div class= "contheight" > < /div> second, service consumption has gradually recovered. In June, although the national catering revenue fell by 4% year-on-year, the decline was 17.1 percentage points narrower than that in May; The box office revenue of the film increased by 1.7 times compared with that in May, and has recovered to the level of 90% in the same period last year. During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the number of domestic tourists and tourism revenue recovered to 80% and 60% respectively before the epidemic, and the recovery degree was more than 20 percentage points higher than that during the May Day holiday< Br > < div class= "contheight" > < /div> third, online retail has stabilized and rebounded. In the first half of the year, the online retail sales of physical goods reached 5.45 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%, accounting for 25.9% of the total social retail sales, an increase of 2.2 percentage points over the same period last year. The online retail sales of agricultural products reached 250.67 billion yuan, an increase of 11.2% year on year. The new format and mode of e-commerce have developed rapidly, and the number of live broadcasts and sales of e-commerce platforms have achieved rapid growth< Br > < div class= "contheight" > < /div> fourth, green, healthy and intelligent consumption is booming. In the first half of the year, the sales volume of new energy vehicles reached 2.6 million, a year-on-year increase of 1.2 times, accounting for 21.6% of new vehicle sales; At the end of June, the number of new energy vehicles exceeded 10million. Sales of smart home equipment, fitness equipment, outdoor supplies and other products showed a rapid growth trend< Br > < div class= "contheight" > < /div> an Baojun said that on the whole, with the gradual control of the epidemic and the effective implementation of various consumption promotion policies, consumption is expected to continue to recover and show a good development trend in the second half of the year