CCTV News: The latest data from the China Light Industry Federation shows that in the first quarter of 2025, the added value of my country's large-scale light industry increased by 7.3% year-on-year, achieving operating income of 5.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%.
Of courses of 53 products have achieved growth in output. Among them, the added value of the assisted vehicles, batteries, toys and household appliance manufacturing industries maintained double-digit growth.
As a series of policies to expand domestic demand and promote consumption have shown results, in the first quarter, the retail sales of 11 light industry goods exceeded 2.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%.
Among them, thanks to the policy of ex-new consumer goods, retail sales of furniture products increased by 18.1% year-on-year, accelerating by 14.5 percentage points over the whole year of the previous year.
Retail sales of household appliances and audio-visual equipment products increased by 19.3%, maintaining double-digit growth for seven consecutive months.
In addition, in the first quarter, light industry and foreign trade exports remained resilient. Among the 21 major industries in light industry, exports in 10 industries increased year-on-year. Among them, household appliances, daily chemical products, and light industrial machinery maintained double-digit growth.
