Ministry of Commerce: from January to October this year, China's online retail sales totaled 12.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.2 percent over the same period last year.

CTOnews.com news on November 17, the head of the Electronic Commerce Department of the Ministry of Commerce today introduced the development of e-commerce in China in October. The detailed data of CTOnews.com are as follows:

From January to October, online retail sales nationwide totaled 12.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.2 percent, and physical net zero contributed 32.1 percent to social zero (total retail sales of social consumer goods).

According to business big data monitoring, from January to October, live broadcast sales exceeded 2.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 58.9%, accounting for 18.1% of online retail sales, driving net zero growth by 7.5 percentage points.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival National Day Golden week, the average daily online sales of accommodation, tourism, entertainment and catering increased by 133.7%, 123.1%, 82.1% and 19.7%, respectively.

According to the data of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, China's e-commerce logistics index was 111.9 points in October, remaining above 110points for five consecutive months.

So far, the Ministry of Commerce has supported the construction of more than 2600 county-level e-commerce public service centers and logistics distribution centers, and more than 150000 rural e-commerce and express service stations.

There are more than 1500 overseas warehouses of cross-border e-commerce in China, with a total area of more than 1900 million square meters.