CCTV News (News Network): On January 15, the State Council Information Office held a series of press conferences on "The Achievements of China's High-Quality Economic Development". Relevant officials from the Ministry of Commerce introduced the relevant situation of high-quality development of business work. In 2025, special actions to boost consumption will be promoted and consumption potential will be continuously released.
In 2024, my country's structure of attracting foreign investment continued to be optimized, foreign investment cooperation developed steadily, and high-quality economic and trade cooperation to jointly build the "Belt and Road" continues to deepen and implement.
Domestic consumption grew steadily, with the total retail sales of consumer goods exceeding 44 trillion yuan in the first 11 months, and policies such as old-for-new drove the sales of automobiles, home appliances, home decoration, kitchens and bathrooms to exceed 1.3 trillion yuan.
Relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce introduced that in 2025, we will step up efforts to expand the implementation of old-for-new consumer goods; expand service consumption, implement service consumption quality and benefit the people, promote orderly expansion of opening up in the fields of telecommunications, education, medical care, etc., and enrich the supply of service consumption; vigorously develop digital consumption, green consumption, and healthy consumption, innovate diversified consumption scenarios, and actively cultivate new consumption growth points.