Total retail sales of consumer goods reached 30,093.1 billion yuan (US$4,573.5 billion) with an annual growth rate of 10.7% in China in 2015. Online retail sales reached 3,877.3 billion yuan (US$589.3 billion) with an annual increase of 33.3% in 2015.
Total retail sales of China consumer goods maintained a slow but steady growth rate in 2015. The retail sales of consumer goods by enterprises were 14,255.8 billion yuan (US$2,166.6 billion) in 2015 with an increase by 7.8% compared with 2014. Retail sales in urban areas reached 25,899.9 billion yuan (US$3,936.2 billion) with a YoY increase of 10.5% and the retail sales in rural areas reached 4,193.2 billion yuan (US$637.3 billion) with a YoY increase of 11.8% in 2015.
Grouped by consumption patterns, the income of the catering industry was 3,231.0 billion yuan (US$491.0 billion) with an increase by 11.7% and the retail sales of goods were 26,862.1 billion yuan (US$4,082.4 billion) with an increase of 10.6% in 2015.
China online retail sales reached 3877.3 billion yuan with an increase of 33.3% in 2015. Retail sales of online physical goods were 3,242.4 billion yuan (US$492.8 billion) with an increase of 31.6% accounting for 10.8% of the total retail sales of consumer goods in 2015. Retail sales of non-physical goods online were 634.9 billion yuan (US$96.5 billion) with an increase of 42.4% in 2015.
Total retail sales of consumer goods reached 2,863.5 billion yuan (US$435.2 billion) with a year-over-year increase of 11.1% (a real growth of 10.7 percent after deducting price factors) and month-over-month of 0.82% in December 2015.
Retail sales in urban regions reached 2456.6 billion yuan (US$373.3 billion) with an increase of 10.9% and sales in rural regions reached 406.9 billion yuan (US$61.8 billion) with an increase of 12.0% in December 2015.
Revenues of the catering industry reached 303.0 billion yuan (US$46.0 billion) with a YoY increase of 11.2% in 2015 and the retail sales of goods were 2560.5 billion yuan (US$389.1 billion) with a YoY increase of 11.0% in December of 2015.