Despite downward pressure from a complicated international environment and COVID-19 outbreaks, Fu said China's economy is likely to improve in June as the government puts a package of economic stimulus measures in place.
The country's retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 17.17 trillion yuan during the period, data from the NBS showed.
China's efforts to boost consumer spending, its effective investment and the measures taken so far to stabilize industrial and supply chains will all lend solidity to the macroeconomy amid headwinds like the resurgence of COVID-19 and external uncertainties, industry experts said on Tuesday.
China's retail sales of consumer goods went down 0.2 percent year on year in the first four months of this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
Almost four months after the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership came into action, China-stationed foreign diplomats said the forms of intraregional trade will be further diversified and facilitated, enriching the Asia-Pacific region's economic vitality through inclusive and sustainable economic recovery amid the pandemic.