TV shopping in China grew 13 percent in 2015, according to a report issued by the Ministry¹ of Commerce on Sunday.

 

中国商务部周日发布的一份报告显示，2015年中国电视购物销售额增长13%。

 

Sales by 32 TV shopping companies reached 39.9 billion yuan (6 billion U.S. dollars) last year and grew at 2.3 percentage points more than general retail² sales.

 

The country will continue to promote development of TV shopping as it boosts domestic consumption, the ministry said in the report.

 

TV shopping industry also played a constructive³ role in generating jobs, with the number of employees standing⁴ at 166,000 last year.

 

TV shopping sales are expected to expand by 15 percent to 46 billion yuan in 2016, according to the report.

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