China’s consumer spending rebounds after end of Covid curbs
中国消费支出恢复增长
中国的消费支出在2023年前两个月恢复了增长，这是经济复苏的早期迹象。经过了几年的防疫限制后，政府警告说，经济回升基础尚不牢固。
2023年头两个月中国社会消费品零售总额同比增长3.5%，而此前三个月每个月都在下降。
China’s consumer spending returned to growth in the first two months of 2023, in an early sign of an economic recovery that the government warned remains fragile after years of pandemic restrictions.Retail sales grew 3.5 per cent year on year in the first two months of 2023, compared with declines in each of the previous three months.
The data, part of the first comprehensive overview of activity since Beijing ended its sweeping pandemic restrictions, pointed to a mixed economic picture, with the recovery momentum threatened by falling global demand for Chinese exports and a lingering property sector slowdown.
China’s National Bureau of Statistics warned in a statement that the economic recovery’s foundation was “not yet solid” and said the government would take measures to boost domestic consumption.
