In the first quarter of this year, the retail sale of social consumer goods totaled 1511.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 13.7%. Especially, that in this March reached 479.9 billion yuan, up 13.9%.

    Analyzed by region, the retail sale of consumer goods in the urban area reached 1009 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 14.7%; that in the area at the county level and below was 502.2 billion yuan, up 11.7%.

    Analyzed by industry, the retail sale of the wholesale and retail trade of consumer goods was 1261.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 13.6%; that of the catering trade was 206.3 billion yuan, up 17.2%; that of other industries was 43.3 billion yuan, up 0.2%.

    Analyzed by commodity category, the retail sale of commodities for eating, clothes and using in the wholesale and retail commercial enterprises above designated size rose 16.8%, 18.9% and 16.5% respectively. That of the construction and upholstering materials went up 23.3%, that of home electric appliances and audiovisual equipment climbed 16.1%, that of detergents was up 10.3%, that of cultural and office articles ascended 21.1%, that of clothes, shoes, hats, knitted and woven textile products was up 18.9%, that of cosmetics ascended 19.3%, that of gold, silver, pearls jewelry climbed 19.2%, that of sports and recreational articles rose 24.8%, that of children toys rose 12.8%, that of foods, beverages, tobaccos and liquors climbed 16.8%, that of meat, poultry and eggs went up 25.7%, that of communications equipment surged up 19.7%, that of autos rose 10.2%, that of petroleum and its products went up 37.5%.