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刘世锦:中国弥补消费短板的重点是服务消费尤其发展型消费
Di Yi Cai Jing·2025-06-24 07:52

Group 1 - The core focus of China's consumption development is on service consumption, particularly development-oriented consumption aimed at improving the spending capacity of low-income groups [3] - There is a significant gap of approximately 20 percentage points between China's consumption as a share of GDP and the international average, which has been obscured by high growth in real estate and infrastructure sectors [3] - The government emphasizes the need to enhance domestic demand, particularly consumption, as a key driver for economic growth, as outlined in the recent government work report [4] Group 2 - In May, China's total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 6.4% year-on-year, with a notable acceleration of 1.3 percentage points compared to the previous month, driven by policies like "trade-in" and promotional events [5] - Service retail sales grew by 5.2% in the first five months of the year, slightly outpacing the growth of goods retail sales, indicating a shift towards service-oriented consumption [5]