Even with China’s economy giving frequent signs that he lost the strength of the past, the Asian giant ended on Tuesday (4) an extended one-week holiday with numbers to commemorate the still heated domestic market. The full balance of products and services sales during the Spring Festival and the arrival of the year of the serpent has not yet been released, but previous data is surprising.
O Infomoney compiled some of these numbers. See below:
Trips
For the period known as “Chunyun” in a literal translation), which this year extends from January 14 to February 22, with hundreds of millions of people traveling to visit their families, the Chinese authorities expect that The total number of trips reach 9 billion.
During the eight -day holiday, more than 2.3 billion passenger trips were made in all regions of China, the China Media Group (CMG) said. The total included approximately 96.12 million railway trips, 2.2 billion road trips, 9.35 million water trips and 18.29 million air trips.
Shanghai Airport Group reported that passenger traffic last Sunday (2) reached a new historical record of 404,000 people, with Pudong airport receiving 259,000 passengers and Hongqiao 145,000 airport.
On Monday, China State Railway Group reported a historic milestone, with the country’s railroads carrying 16.45 million passengers, marking the largest passenger traffic in a single day in the history of the Spring Festival.
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Consumption
According to data from the Ministry of Commerce, sales in major retail and catering companies throughout China during the first four days of the holiday increased 5.4% compared to the same period last year. Meituan, one of China’s leading e -commerce platforms, reported a 300% increase in year in online reserves for Chinese Lunar New Year’s Eve.
In addition, requests for group purchase of “intangible cultural heritage” thematic packages have increased more than 12 times since January year after year, reflecting the growing interest of the consumer in cultural experiences.
Experts have noted that this holiday season has seen a change in consumer behavior, especially among younger generations and families, with young families becoming increasingly the driving force of consumption.
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Turismo
According to the Flyggy travel reserve platform, international travel requests have increased significantly, with international cruise reserves increasing more than six times compared to the previous year.
Only China’s main skiing destination, Altay’s province, in northwest China, received 191,900 visitors, generating 225 million yuans (about $ 179.4 million) in revenues. Further south, Yangshuo’s picturesque County in the Guangxi Zhuang region received about 410,600 tourists behind its natural beauty and cultural riches, generating tourism revenue of 589 million yuans (R $ 480 million).
Cinema
As usual, the prolonged holiday and the main time of year for Chinese blockbusters. From January 29 to February 3, the daily box office exceeded 1 billion yuans (almost R $ 800 million). The 8.02 billion yuans (R $ 6.4 billion) collected are the new record for the same period in the history of the country’s film industry.
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The most viewed film was “Ne Zha 2 ″, the continuation of the successful 2019 successful animation centered on the story of the boy who oscillates between light and darkness, represented by the spiritual pearl and the demonic orb.
(With Xinhua and China Daily)
