商务部表示，今年将千方百计推动消费持续恢复和升级，增强消费对经济发展的基础性作用。

 

China's retail¹ sales of consumer goods posted only a 1.7-percent growth year on year in December 2021 as the whole year's retail sales rose 12.5 percent, indicating a pressure of demand contraction², Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told a press conference.

去年，社会消费品零售总额增长12.5%；其中去年12月份，社会消费品零售总额同比增长1.7%。这显示下行的压力在增大。商务部部长王文涛在发布会上表示。

 

To cope with the situation, the ministry³ will secure the implementation⁴ of existing supporting policies for enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises in sectors⁶ including catering⁷, hotel and retail sales.

对于如何发力促进消费稳定恢复，商务部表示，将抓好政策落实。餐饮、住宿，还有零售，对这些行业特别是中小微企业提出了纾困帮扶政策，首要的就是把这些纾困帮扶的政策落实到位。

 

The ministry will help conduct more sales-promoting activities under sound COVID-19 control, such as shopping festivals and the China International Consumer Products Expo as well as snow-ice consumption as the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics brought passion to the sector⁵.

今年，商务部门将在做好疫情防控的前提下，继续组织开展系列促消费活动。比如各种消费节和消博会。同时，借助北京冬奥会巨大成功所带来的“冰雪热”、冰雪消费，组织形式多样的冰雪主题消费促进活动。

 

The consumption platforms will also be upgraded, establishing smart and green business districts and pedestrian streets to meet consumers' needs, said the minister.

打造消费升级平台。进一步推进步行街高质量发展，开展智慧商圈等的示范创建。发展绿色健康消费，更好满足人民对美好生活的需要。

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