Total retail sales, month-on-month growth

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT1 Official
-0.13%

China · August 2026

Total retail sales, month-on-month growth in China came in at -0.13% in August 2026 (NBS China).

Original source
Publisher
NBS China
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
3. Market Sales Scaled Up and Service Retails Saw Fast Growth.
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

In August, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3,982.4 billion yuan, up by 0.4 percent year on year, or down by 0.13 percent month on month.

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APA
National Bureau of Statistics of China. (2026). National Economy Remained Steady with Innovation-Led and High-Quality Development in August. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260915_1965305.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQA
MLA
National Bureau of Statistics of China. "National Economy Remained Steady with Innovation-Led and High-Quality Development in August." 2026, https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260915_1965305.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQA.
Chicago
National Bureau of Statistics of China. "National Economy Remained Steady with Innovation-Led and High-Quality Development in August." 2026. https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260915_1965305.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQA.
BibTeX
@misc{nbschina2026retailcs3bqa, author = {{National Bureau of Statistics of China}}, title = {National Economy Remained Steady with Innovation-Led and High-Quality Development in August}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQA}, note = {Original source: https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260915\_1965305.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
National Bureau of Statistics of China · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
National Economy Remained Steady with Innovation-Led and High-Quality Development in August
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
3. Market Sales Scaled Up and Service Retails Saw Fast Growth.
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQA