[Ministry of Commerce: National online retail sales of goods and services contributed 45.4% to the total retail sales of social consumer goods and services from January to September] On October 23, the person in charge of the E-commerce Department of the Ministry of Commerce introduced the development of China’s e-commerce from January to September 2026. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the national online retail sales of goods and services increased by 4.4% from January to September. According to Ministry of Commerce estimates, the contribution rate to the growth of the total retail sales of social consumer goods and services was 45.4%. The role of online in driving offline sales has increased. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the retail sales of goods achieved by units above designated size through the Internet accounted for 31.8%, an increase of 3.9 percentage points from the same period last year. The retail sales of online services grew rapidly. According to business big data monitoring, online travel, online life services and online catering grew by 25.7%, 13.9% and 12.2% respectively.