Xinhua
16 Jun 2025

(250616) -- BEIJING, June 16, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A customer selects products at a cellphone shop in Leshan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 15, 2025. China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of the country's consumption strength, expanded 6.4 percent year on year in May.

Total retail sales of consumer goods topped 4.13 trillion yuan (about 575.3 billion U.S. dollars) last month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). China's economy continued to expand steadily in May, supported by ongoing policy measures that helped sustain recovery amid global uncertainties, official data showed on Monday. (Photo by Li Huashi/Xinhua)