向“新”而行，消费市场活力更足（活力中国调研行）

Group 1: Retail and Consumption Growth - During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Hubei's retail and catering industries achieved a total transaction volume of 52.606 billion yuan, with online retail sales reaching 10.32 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.3% [1] - In the first eight months of the year, Hubei's retail sales of online goods above designated size grew by 19.2% [3] - The catering industry's revenue increased by 6.3% in the first eight months of the year [6] Group 2: Cross-Border E-Commerce Development - The Huahu International Airport's cross-border e-commerce industrial park offers a wide range of products, including electronics and fashion items, facilitating global delivery of Chinese products and international delicacies to Chinese consumers [2] - The clothing e-commerce company in Tianmen, which has about 7,000 textile and clothing businesses, aims to achieve a sales target of 2 billion yuan with its new base [2] Group 3: Agricultural Innovation and Technology - The comprehensive output value of the crayfish industry in Qianjiang is approximately 87 billion yuan, with technological innovations allowing for year-round production [4][5] - In the first half of the year, the transaction volume of live crayfish in the Qianjiang Ecological Crayfish Industrial Park reached 177,000 tons, with a transaction value of 7.527 billion yuan [5] Group 4: Cultural and Tourism Integration - The integration of tea culture and tourism in Wufeng County has led to a significant increase in tourist visits, with 3.47 million visitors in the first eight months, a year-on-year growth of 27% [7] - Hubei has established 104 cultural and tourism complex projects, enhancing the development of various tourism-related industries [8]