Shanghai residents earned the most and spent the most in the first half of this year, topping other cities, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics or NBS.
China's national consumer expenditure per capita went up 6.7 percent year-on-year to reach 9,609 yuan in the first six months, while Shanghai residents took the lead in both spending at 21,321 yuan and disposable income at 32,612 yuan, according to official data.
Of the 31 province-level regions, Shanghai was the only one to have per capita consumer expenditure on goods and services of more than 20,000 yuan, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.
Seven regions — Beijing, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian and Liaoning—reported a per capita consumption of between 10,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan in the first half of the year.
Data also showed that the top categories people spent money in were food-tobacco-alcohol, housing, transportation and communication.
Household consumption expenditure refers to expenditures that cover a household's daily life, including food and drinks, clothing, housing, transportation, education, healthcare and entertainment.
The average household consumption expenditure nationwide in the first half of this year was 9,609 yuan, up 6.7 percent year-on-year, the data shows.
The per-capita consumption expenditures in Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Liaoning, Hubei and Inner Mongolia autonomous region were above the national average.
The three sectors that cost the most were food and drinks, housing and transportation.
Consumptions on sports, health and travel rose sharply in the first half of this year, said Wang Youjuan, head of household survey office of NBS. Spending on sports and physical activities increased 39.3 percent year-on-year, spending on healthcare went up 24.6 percent, spending on hotel surged 37.8 percent and spending on transportation rose 22.8 percent.
Spending on cosmetics, adult education and pre-school training also recorded two-digit growth.
(Source: ourjiangsu.com)
