湖北加快打造消费新高地 向“新”而行，消费市场活力更足

Group 1: Consumption Market Dynamics - Hubei's retail and catering sectors achieved a total transaction volume of 52.606 billion yuan during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, with online retail sales reaching 10.32 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.3% [1] - The cross-border e-commerce industry in Hubei is thriving, with a diverse range of products available, including electronics and seafood, facilitated by the Huahu Airport [2] - The digital transformation of trade and commerce in Hubei has led to a 19.2% increase in online retail sales for the first eight months of the year [3] Group 2: Technological Innovations in Agriculture - Hubei is a major producer of crayfish, with the comprehensive output value of the crayfish industry in Qianjiang reaching approximately 87 billion yuan [4] - The Hubei Crayfish Industry Technology Research Institute is working on technologies to enable year-round crayfish production, resulting in a winter crayfish output of 24,000 tons and a revenue of 2.19 billion yuan from December to February [5] - In the first half of the year, the transaction volume of live crayfish from the Hubei Qianwan Ecological Crayfish Industrial Park reached 177,000 tons, generating a transaction value of 7.527 billion yuan [6] Group 3: Cultural and Tourism Integration - The integration of tea culture and tourism in Wufeng County has attracted 3.47 million visitors in the first eight months, with tourism revenue increasing by 31% to 3.29 billion yuan [7] - Hubei has established 104 cultural and tourism complex projects, significantly boosting various tourism sectors, with A-level tourist attractions receiving 20.3634 million visitors during the recent holidays, a year-on-year increase of 12.9% [8]