CCTV News: On January 24, the State Information Office held a press conference on ensuring market supply during the Spring Festival and promoting holiday consumption. Sheng Qiuping, Vice Minister of Commerce, said at the meeting that 2025 is the year of the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan". The Central Economic Work Conference proposed that we should vigorously boost consumption and expand domestic demand in all aspects. The Ministry of Commerce will conscientiously implement it, coordinate the promotion of special actions to boost consumption, and introduce more pragmatic and effective policy measures. First, upgrade commodity consumption and stabilize the consumption market. We will step up efforts to expand the implementation of the old-for-new consumer goods and accelerate the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade. The second is to expand service consumption and explore the increase in consumption. Implement the action to improve the quality of service consumption and benefit the people, and steadily promote the opening up of the service industry. The third is to cultivate new consumption and enhance consumption momentum. Promote the initial investment economy, the silver economy, and the ice and snow economy, promote "artificial intelligence + consumption", and develop digital consumption, green consumption, and healthy consumption. Fourth, innovate consumption scenarios and stimulate consumption vitality. Carry out a series of consumption expansion activities of "Purchase in China", deepen the construction of international consumption center cities, implement urban pilot projects for modern commercial circulation systems, carry out retail innovation and improvement projects, and promote urban and rural commercial transformation and quality improvement.
