In April, Chongqing's total retail sales of social consumer goods posted positive growth for the first time in months; foreign trade value increased 26.4% over the same period last year, and paid-in foreign capital saw a rise month on month, statistics show.

Next, Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce will focus on promoting consumption, stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment, and ensuring people's living standards, to accelerate recovery growth of business and economic activities, said Peng Heliang, deputy director of the municipal commission of commerce.

Next, the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce will focus on promoting consumption, stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment, and ensuring people's living standards.

First to vigorously boost consumption

Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce will conform to the trend of consumption upgrading and consumption development, accelerate building a high-quality, efficient, open, integrated and distinctive "Chongqing consumption" service system and develop Chongqing into a global consumption capital featuring a perfect mix of international elements and Bayu characteristics. In the meanwhile, It will advance the coordinated development of "one area and two clusters," vigorously increase consumption supply, optimize consumption environment, improve consumption platforms, enrich consumption scenarios, carry out consumption promotion activities, make every endeavor to stabilize consumption and boost the sustainable and healthy development of Chongqing's economy.

Second to stabilize the fundamentals of foreign investment and trade

Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce will implement Some Measures of Chongqing to Further Make Good Use of Foreign Investment, put into practice the 12 rules to stabilize foreign investment and foreign trade, carry out full-process services for foreign-funded enterprises, strengthen foreign investment promotion, and maintain the stability of industrial chain and supply chain; and will carry out the campaign of selling Chongqing products worldwide to develop diversified markets for foreign trade.

Third to make every effort to ensure people's living standards

Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce will firmly carry out the 100-day Battle for poverty alleviation through consumption, and expand the sales channels of agricultural products by coordinating production and sales, and promoting live streaming marketing; continue to support commercial and business enterprises to get through difficulties and stabilize employment; and further, strengthen market supply guarantee, consolidate operational monitoring, improve the emergency supply guarantee system, and ensure a continuous supply of key daily necessities at basically stable prices.