Retail sales of goods growth rate year on year

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT1 Official
0.3%

China · August 2026

Retail sales of goods growth rate year on year in China came in at 0.3% 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

Grouped by consumption patterns, the retail sales of goods were 3,528.0 billion yuan, up by 0.3 percent; the income of catering was 454.4 billion yuan, up by 1.1 percent.

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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_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQE
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_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQE.
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_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQE.
BibTeX
@misc{nbschina2026retailcs3bqe, 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_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQE}, note = {Original source: https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202609/t20260915\_1965305.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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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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Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
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