China remains the world's largest online retail market for 13 consecutive years.

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

BEIJING, January 14 (Xinhua) — China has remained the world's largest online retail market for 13 consecutive years, with digital consumption in the country exceeding 23.8 trillion yuan (approximately 3.39 trillion U.S. dollars), according to official data.

They were released at the All-China E-Commerce Working Conference, which was held from January 13 to 14.

The meeting noted that over the past five years, China's e-commerce sector has made significant progress in high-quality development, becoming a new driving force in the formation of productive forces of new quality and playing an important role in promoting the new development architecture.

Despite growing external uncertainty, China continues to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and has increased the number of partner countries in the “Silk Road e-commerce” to 36.

E-commerce has become a key driver of job creation and industrial modernization. The sector employs over 78 million people, and express delivery volumes have shown an average annual growth of nearly 20 percent over the past five years.

Rapid growth is also occurring in the software and information services sector related to cloud computing and big data.

The meeting outlined the priority policy areas of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China in the field of e-commerce for 2026, including strengthening growth through innovation, improving the national development environment, and expanding international cooperation.

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