March 8 is the last day of the Chinese New Year 2021. According to the data of the State Council, the total number of passengers sent by railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation is expected to reach 870.836 million person-trips, 70.9% lower than the same period in 2019 and 40.8% lower than the same period in 2020.
7-day Chinese New Year online retail sales hit US$19 bn
China's key retail and catering companies achieved sales of approximately 821 billion yuan during the 7-day Chinese New Year holiday in 2021, an increase of 28.7% over the Spring Festival Golden Week in 2020, and an increase of 4.9% over the 2019 Spring Festival Golden Week, according to data from China's Ministry of Commerce.
Online retail sales exceeded 122 billion yuan (US$18.86 billion), and the sales of online catering and New Year's Eve series products increased by approximately 135% and 54.9% respectively over the same period last year.
The Ministry of Commerce focused on monitoring retail compani...
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