春节期间消费市场呈现爆发增长 Consumers give economy festive boost

春节假期，各地线下消费加快恢复，线上消费保持旺盛势头，品质消费成为趋势，城乡消费潜力有力释放。不仅是乡村游、周边游热度不减，今年春节假期，长线游快速恢复，拉动景区、餐饮、住宿、零售等服务业持续回暖。

Chinese consumers splurged during the Spring Festival holiday, not only on things like duty-free commodities, jewelry and health-related products, but also on experiences such as travel and entertainment, fueled by the optimization of COVID-19 prevention and control measures, industry experts said.

业内专家表示，受新冠疫情防控措施优化的推动，中国消费者在春节假期期间不仅购买了大量的免税商品、珠宝和健康相关产品，也在旅游业和娱乐项目上花费颇多。

They added that China's consumer market, which plays a fundamental role in bolstering the country's economic growth, is expected to gain momentum this year, and the consumption boom during the weeklong Chinese Lunar New Year holiday showcased the enormous vitality and strong resilience of the nation's economy.

他们补充说，中国的消费市场在支撑国家经济增长中起着根本性的作用，预计今年将取得迅速发展，春节黄金周的消费热潮显示了中国经济的巨大活力和强大的韧性。

Statistics from the Department of Commerce of Hainan province showed that the total sales of 12 offshore duty-free shopping malls on the tropical island reached 1.69 billion yuan from Jan 21 to Wednesday, an increase of 20.03 percent compared with the first five days of last year's Spring Festival holiday.

海南省商务厅的统计数据显示，从1月21日到25日，海南省12家离岸免税购物中心的总销售额达到16.9亿元，与去年同期相比增长了20.03%。

Chinese e-commerce platform JD reported that between Jan 21 and Wednesday, the turnover of rabbit-themed jewelry skyrocketed more than tenfold over the last Spring Festival, while transaction volume of precooked dishes rose more than six times.

电子商务平台京东的数据显示，从1月21日到25日，“兔”年主题珠宝首饰销量同比增长超10倍，预制菜成交额同比增长超6倍。

Health-related and nutritional products to boost the immune system are increasingly favored by Chinese shoppers, with the turnover of amino acid oral liquid and protein powder soaring 215 percent and 70 percent year-on-year, respectively.

增强免疫力的健康和营养产品越来越受到中国消费者的青睐，氨基酸口服液和蛋白粉春节期间成交额分别同比增长215%和70%。

While global economic growth is projected to decelerate from an estimated 3 percent in 2022 to 1.9 percent this year, China's growth is expected to moderately improve this year, said a report issued by the United Nations on Wednesday.

联合国1月25日发布的一份报告称，虽然全球经济增长预计将从2022年的3%放缓至今年的1.9%，但中国的经济增长预计将适度改善。

With the authorities adjusting COVID policies in late 2022 and easing monetary and fiscal policies, China's economic growth is forecast to accelerate to 4.8 percent in 2023, said the report.

该报告称，随着中国政府在2022年底调整新冠疫情防控政策，并放松货币和财政政策，预计2023年中国经济增长将上升至4.8%。

China's GDP expanded 3 percent year-on-year in 2022 to 121.02 trillion yuan, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Consumption contributed to 32.8 percent of China's economic growth last year, driving GDP growth by 1.0 percentage point.

根据国家统计局的数据，2022年中国国内生产总值同比增长3%，达到121.02万亿元。去年，消费对经济增长的贡献率为32.8%，拉动国内生产总值增长1.0个百分点。

Analysts said that Spring Festival spending has been a barometer of China's consumption vitality, and the recovery of consumption will become the main force boosting China's economic rebound in 2023.

分析人士表示，春节消费一直是中国消费活力的晴雨表，2023年消费复苏将成为推动中国经济反弹的主要动力。

The domestic tourism market also witnessed a robust recovery during the holiday. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, domestic destinations and attractions received 308 million visits, up 23.1 percent year-on-year. The number was roughly 88.6 percent of that in 2019.

假期期间，国内旅游市场也出现了强劲复苏。根据文化和旅游部的数据，国内旅游目的地和景点接待了3.08亿人次，同比增长23.1%。这一数字约为2019年的88.6%。

Cinemas welcomed crowds of moviegoers, with the country's box office revenue for the holiday exceeding 6.5 billion yuan as of 4 pm on Friday, data from box office tracker Maoyan showed.

票房追踪网站猫眼的数据显示，截至1月26日下午4点，电影院迎来了大批影迷，春节假期期间全国票房收入超过65亿元。

Chinese shoppers unleashed their pent-up purchasing demand during the Spring Festival, and their consumption level has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels, said Pan Helin, co-director of the Digital Economy and Financial Innovation Research Center at Zhejiang University's International Business School.

浙江大学国际联合商学院数字经济与金融创新研究中心联席主任盘和林表示，中国消费者在春节期间释放了被压抑的购买需求，消费水平几乎恢复到了疫情之前。

来源：中国日报

编辑：yaning