According to information from the Anhui Provincial Bureau of Statistics on March 27th, this year, our province has introduced policies and measures, organized activities to boost consumption, and the province's consumer market has had a stable start, with sales of goods above designated size showing an increase in growth rate. From January to February, the retail sales of consumer goods above designated size increased by 6%, which is 1.6 and 2.5 percentage points higher than the annual and same-period figures of last year, respectively.

From January to February, the retail sales of automobile goods increased by 12.6%, with the retail sales of new energy vehicles increasing by 39.4%. The retail sales of petroleum and related products increased by 2.9%, while the retail sales of grain and oil products, which had declined by 1.2% last year, turned around to increase by 12.5%.

From January to February, the revenue of catering services above designated size increased by 10.2%, which is 4.6 percentage points higher than the retail sales of goods. The turnover of above-designated-size accommodation businesses increased by 6.3%, with tourist hotels increasing by 8.1%.

From January to February, the retail sales of private enterprises above designated size increased by 9.4%, which is 3.4 percentage points higher than the province's overall above-designated-size sales growth rate. The retail sales of small and micro enterprises above designated size increased by 11.4%, which is 5.4 percentage points higher than the province's overall above-designated-size sales growth rate.

Source: anhuinews.com