The agency expects China's total retail sales growth of 19% this year

BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) Director of China National Business Information Center Yao 27th forecast that this year, China's total retail sales growth will be around 19%, of which urban growth of about 19.5%, rural growth of about 18%, and will show six major trends. Yao in the 2009 (18th Annual) China market merchandise Sales statistics results of the press conference said that the six trends are:-per capita retail sales breakthrough million mark. This year, China's social consumer goods retail sales only need to increase by 8%, per capita retail sales of consumer goods will exceed 10,000 yuan.　　This means that the upgrading of the consumer structure will be an important impetus to the growth of the consumer goods market. --the increase in household appliances consumption is strong.　　Home appliances to the countryside, with the old for the new policy, the impact of a low-carbon economic atmosphere, "" "to constitute the mainstream consumption environment, the 2010 household appliances Upgrade product consumption growth rate will be significantly accelerated." --3G Drive mobile phone into the upgrade consumption period.　　3G infrastructure further improvement, business development and maturity, the rapid development of e-commerce environment, the three network convergence of the trend, will promote the 3G mobile phone consumption of rapid growth. --luxury consumption continues to heat up.　　As China's economy improves, the luxury market, which is dominated by the affluent and the "older" groups, will continue to heat up. --increasing trend of clothing consumption grade.　　In the market atmosphere characterized by the upgrade of consumption, the trend of the improvement of clothing consumption grade will be further enhanced. Car consumption will continue to grow rapidly. Urban and rural residents of the increase in the number of car ownership will be significantly increased, and the effect of policy prescription on the consumer's early consumption mentality, urban and rural market car consumption will maintain a rapid growth trend, but the growth rate may be lower than 2009, is expected to increase about 25%.