Better Meeting the Needs of the People for a High Quality Life - Interpretation of "Measures for Restoring and Expanding Consumption" by Five Departments on Measures for Restoring and Expanding Consumption | Consumption | Life
Beijing, July 31 (Xinhua News Agency) - To better meet the needs of the people for a high-quality life - Five departments interpret "Measures to Restore and Expand Consumption"
Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhou Yuan and Chen Weiwei
Recently, with the approval of the State Council, the Measures for Restoring and Expanding Consumption were forwarded by the General Office of the State Council to various localities and departments, and publicly released to the public. At the routine policy briefing of the State Council held on the 31st, relevant officials from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the State Administration for Market Regulation introduced the relevant measures.
In the first half of the year, China's consumption recovered rapidly, with a year-on-year increase of 8.2% in the total retail sales of consumer goods, which was 2.4 percentage points faster than the first quarter.
"We have also noticed that the growth momentum of some consumer categories is still unstable, some residents' consumption confidence is not strong, and there are many concerns. Some areas have poor consumption experiences and feelings, and further policy efforts are needed. Li Chunlin, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, introduced that the measures focus on six aspects: stabilizing bulk consumption, expanding service consumption, promoting rural consumption, expanding new consumption, improving consumption facilities, and optimizing the consumption environment. 20 specific policy measures will be proposed, which will form a package of policies to promote consumption together with key policies in various fields and categories.".
Employment and income are both important factors affecting consumption. Li Chunlin said that the next step will be to implement the employment priority policy, strengthen employment assistance for disadvantaged groups, encourage hard work to become rich, improve the policy system of distribution according to factors, promote the basic synchronization between income growth and economic growth of residents, and improve their consumption willingness through improving their consumption ability.
Smart home appliances are currently a hot consumption topic. Measures have been proposed to promote products such as smart home appliances, integrated home appliances, and functional furniture.
He Yaqiong, Director of the Consumer Products Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is organizing the development of cross domain integration standards to promote the interconnection and interoperability of product data across brands, enterprises, and terminals. Bridging the boundaries between different brands, systems, and platforms, achieving interconnectivity and information exchange between products, and providing consumers with a more convenient experience of using smart home appliances.
In terms of bulk consumption and service consumption, in the first half of the year, automobiles accounted for about 10% of consumption, and catering revenue increased by as much as 21.4%.
Xu Xingfeng, Director of the Market Operation and Consumption Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce, stated that the Ministry of Commerce will organize activities such as the "Hundred Cities Linkage" Automobile Festival and the "Thousand Counties and Ten Towns" New Energy Vehicle Consumption Season with relevant departments; Connect departmental data, break down information silos, and solve the problem of opaque information on used car conditions. In addition, we will continue to carry out food and beverage consumption promotion activities and guide various regions to build food and beverage consumption brands.
In the first half of the year, the demand for tourism among residents was concentrated and released, leading to a significant increase in tourism travel. The total number of domestic tourists reached 2.384 billion, achieving a domestic tourism revenue of 2.3 trillion yuan, with year-on-year growth of 63.9% and 95.9%, respectively.
In terms of enriching cultural and tourism consumption, Miao Muyang, Director of the Industry Development Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, stated that the next step will be to study and formulate several measures to further stimulate the potential of tourism consumption and promote high-quality development of the tourism industry, and to formulate an action plan for improving the quality of domestic tourism. In addition, a new batch of national cultural and tourism consumption demonstration cities, national tourism resorts, 5A level scenic spots, nighttime cultural and tourism consumption clusters, and tourism and leisure blocks will be launched for construction.
Improving the consumption environment is an important support for restoring and expanding consumption. Kuang Xu, Director of the Law Enforcement and Inspection Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation, introduced that he will work with relevant departments to issue opinions on improving the consumption environment, launch the creation of a national demonstration city for trustworthy consumption, and leverage the driving force of overall urban creation to further improve and upgrade the consumption environment in various regions.
