Online retail sales of physical goods nationwide rose by 11.2 per cent year on year (YoY) during the period to 12.3 trillion yuan ($1.72 trillion), contributing 32.1 per cent to the country’s retail sales growth, the ministry said.
Sales of livestreaming e-commerce exceeded 2.2 trillion yuan during the period, surging by 58.9 per cent YoY and driving the growth of online retail sales by 7.5 percentage points, a state-controlled media outlet reported.
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