Hotels and catering services 2022

In 2022, the value added of the wholesale and retail trades was 11,451.8 billion yuan, up by 0.9 percent over the previous year; that of transport, storage and post was 4,967.4 billion yuan, down by 0.8 percent; that of hotels and catering services was 1,785.5 billion yuan, down by 2.3 percent.

In 2022, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 43,973.3 billion yuan, down by 0.2 percent over the previous year. An analysis on different areas showed that the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas stood at 38,044.8 billion yuan, down by 0.3 percent, and that in rural areas reached 5,928.5 billion yuan, maintaining the same level as the previous year.

Grouped by consumption patterns, the retail sales of commodities were 39,579.2 billion yuan, up by 0.5 percent, and the income of catering industry was 4,394.1 billion yuan, down by 6.3 percent.