China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of consumption growth, declined 2.8 percent year on year in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
The figure rebounded from a drop of 7.5 percent in April, NBS data showed.
In May, retail sales of consumer goods reached 3.2 trillion yuan (about 451 billion U.S. dollars), up 0.79 percent month on month.
In the first five months, China's retail sales of consumer goods went down 13.5 percent year on year to reach 13.9 trillion yuan, narrowing by 2.7 percentage points from the first four months.
Retail sales in rural areas dropped 3.2 percent year on year in May, while that in urban areas decreased 2.8 percent.
Revenues of the catering sector, one of the worst-hit industries by COVID-19, fell 18.9 percent year on year in May, narrowing by 12.2 percentage points from April, said the NBS.
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