The country's total electricity use reached 2.51 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in Q1, up 5.2 percent year on year, according to a report released by the China Electricity Council (CEC). The growth ...

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BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of the country's consumption strength, expanded 2.4 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2026, official ...

As the five-day Labor Day holiday begins on Friday, local authorities across China are revving up efforts to ignite spending — issuing millions of yuan in consumption vouchers and organizing concerts ...

中央经济工作会议在部署今年经济工作时，将“着力扩大国内需求”放在第一条，并提出“要把恢复和扩大消费摆在优先位置”和“要通过政府投资和政策激励有效带动全社会投资”。展望全年，消费能够成为经济增长的主拉动力，更好发挥对经济增长的基础性 ...

日前，国务院办公厅转发《关于恢复和扩大消费的措施》的通知。《措施》提出，坚持有效市场和有为政府更好结合，坚持优化供给和扩大需求更好结合，坚持提质升级和创新发展更好结合。 The State Council approved taking multiple measures to promote the recovery and expansion of ...

For more than a decade, China’s e-commerce sector has expanded at breathtaking speed. From the nationwide frenzy of “Double 11” shopping festivals to the ubiquity of instant delivery and livestream ...