From January to February, China's online retail sales reached 2.0544 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.2% over the same period last year.

CTOnews.com, March 15, according to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics today, from January to February, the country's online retail sales totaled 2.0544 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.2 percent over the same period last year.

Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods totaled 1.7476 trillion yuan, up 5.3 percent, accounting for 22.7 percent of the total retail sales of consumer goods. Among the online retail sales of physical goods, food, clothing and household goods increased by 5.3 percent, 4.0 percent and 5.7 percent respectively.

Overall, from January to February, retail sales of consumer goods totaled 7.7067 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.5 percent over the same period last year. Of this total, retail sales of consumer goods other than cars totaled 7.0409 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.0%.

CTOnews.com learned from the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics that total retail sales of consumer goods include online retail sales of physical goods, but do not include online retail sales of non-physical goods. Among them, online retail sales refers to the sum of retail sales of goods and services realized through public online trading platforms (including self-built websites and third-party platforms). Goods and services include physical goods and non-physical goods (such as virtual goods, service goods, etc.).