CCTV *** News Network): Catch up with the big set, prepare for the New Year, and the consumer market around the country continues to heat up.
Approaching the Spring Festival, the largest commercial circulation complex in the north - Shouheng Gaobeidian Market is busy. Fruits, vegetables, non-staple foods, frozen products in various categories, merchants and vehicles come to wholesale purchases in an endless stream. According to market statistics, there were more than 400 categories in the pre-holiday market, with a daily trading volume of nearly 60,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 21%. All data hit record highs.
Freight data shows that fruit is the category of goods with the largest increase in freight volume during the Spring Festival, an increase of nearly 90% over normal days. In a fruit market in Yunnan, the reporter saw that a number of new varieties of tropical fruits such as locally grown avocados were put on the market, enriching the "fruit plates" of the citizens.
The flower market also ushered in the hottest sales season of the year. According to the big data of the logistics platform, around the Spring Festival this year, an average of 150,000 fresh cut flower packages can be shipped every day, an increase of 27% over the same period last year. Flower orders can reach as far as Harbin, Heilongjiang, Shannan, Yili, Xinjiang and other places, and can be delivered to 267 cities across the country within 48 hours.
With the arrival of the new year, the reservation of Chinese New Year's Eve meals in major hotels and business districts across the country has also ushered in a wave of peaks. Data from the life service platform shows that the number of bookings for Chinese New Year's Eve restaurant tables has increased by more than 3 times compared to last year.