Tianshan.com - Xinjiang Daily (reporter Shi Xin reported) Recently, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission and other four departments issued the Implementation Plan for the Continuous Expansion of Consumption in 2024 in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Plan"), which ignited the "engine" of consumption and constantly enhanced the lasting power of high-quality development.
On May 8, "Eat and drink" - the promotion season of catering consumption in the autonomous region was officially launched. Tianshan.com - Photographed by Hei Hongwei, a reporter of Xinjiang Daily (information picture)
The Implementation Plan aims to achieve a year-on-year growth of 8% in the total retail sales of consumer goods in the whole district in 2024. It focuses on strengthening consumption capacity, improving consumption conditions, innovating consumption scenarios, stimulating potential consumption, expanding profitable investment, forming a virtuous circle of mutual promotion between consumption and investment, and promoting the transformation of consumption from post epidemic recovery to continuous expansion.
The Implementation Plan includes 16 items, including increasing effective investment and expanding consumption, stabilizing and expanding traditional consumption, actively promoting the exchange of old for new, improving cultural and entertainment tourism consumption, and promoting cultural and entertainment consumption.
Consumption is not only a barometer for observing the economy, but also a "stabilizer" and "ballast" for economic operation. Driven by multiple factors such as policy promotion, technology empowerment and business type innovation, Xinjiang's consumer market has released its vitality. During the May Day holiday, 94 retail and catering enterprises under the key monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce realized a sales volume of 307.4477 million yuan, an increase of 4.6% over the same period of 2023; The catering sales reached 3.5699 million yuan, an increase of 11.4% over the same period of 2023.
Next, the Development and Reform Commission of the Autonomous Region will work with relevant departments to give full play to the role of the autonomous region in improving the system and mechanism of joint meetings of departments to promote consumption, strengthen coordination and cooperation, regularly discuss scheduling, do a good job in guiding services, and effectively promote the implementation of various policies and measures.
[Editor in charge: Luo Xiaoli]
