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Where do people spend the most money? List of the most expensive cities in China

In the first half of this year, the consumption list of residents was published. Which place can people spend the most? The latest survey report is fresh! According to the data released by the National Bureau of statistics, in the first half of the year, the per capita disposable income of Shanghai residents was 32612 yuan, and the per capita consumption expenditure of Shanghai residents was 21321 yuan, all of which were the highest in the country, making Shanghai the most profitable and spendable city.

Shanghai's per capita consumption expenditure ranks first in China

According to the per capita consumption expenditure data of 31 provinces released by the National Bureau of statistics, Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin ranked the top three in the first half of the year.

Among them, the per capita consumption expenditure of Shanghai in the first half of the year was 21321 yuan, ranking first. In the first half of the year, Shanghai was also the only area in China where the per capita consumption expenditure exceeded the 20000 yuan mark.

Consumption expenditure of residents refers to all expenditures of residents to meet the needs of daily life consumption of families, including both cash consumption expenditure and physical consumption expenditure. Consumer spending includes eight categories: food, tobacco and alcohol, clothing, housing, daily necessities and services, transportation and communication, education, culture and entertainment, medical care and other supplies and services.

The high consumption expenditure is due to its high income level. According to the data, the per capita disposable income of Shanghai residents in the first half of the year reached 32612 yuan, ranking first in China.

Per capita consumption expenditure of 10 provinces exceeds the national level

Nationwide, according to the data of the National Bureau of statistics, in the first half of the year, the per capita consumption expenditure of the whole country was 9609 yuan, an actual increase of 6.7%. Compared with the national level, the per capita consumption expenditure of Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Liaoning, Hubei and Inner Mongolia in the first half of this year exceeded the national average.

Among them, Beijing, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian and Liaoning are members of the "10000 yuan club" of per capita consumption expenditure. The flow of money shows that consumption is upgrading in the first half of the year. Where did the residents spend their money? According to the national data, the top three spenders are food, tobacco and alcohol consumption, residential consumption, transportation and communication consumption.

Some people say that people are starting to consume at a lower level and low-cost e-commerce platforms are becoming popular, but such a conclusion is one-sided. From the data point of view, in the first half of this year, the growth rate of some consumer upgrading goods accelerated, and the upgrading trend of service consumption was also obvious.

Wang Youxian, director of the household survey office of the National Bureau of statistics, said that in the first half of the year, the consumption of sports, health, tourism and other services had a strong momentum, with the per capita expenditure on sports and fitness activities increased by 39.3%, the expenditure on medical services by 24.6%, the expenditure on hotel accommodation by 37.8% and the expenditure on transportation by 22.8%. At the same time, the investment in personal care, education and training has increased, and the per capita consumption of cosmetics, adult education and preschool education and training has also shown a double-digit rapid growth.

Bai Ming, deputy director of the International Market Research Institute of the Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, told zhongxin.com that income is the basis of consumption upgrading. Residents' income is growing steadily, consumption capacity is improving, and consumption environment is improving, which makes the trend of consumption upgrading unchanged.

'the consumption degradation judgment is not tenable. 'Kuang Xianming, director of Economic Research Institute of China (Hainan) reform and Development Research Institute, wrote that some people summarized consumption degradation as' spending the most reasonable price, buying the most appropriate goods, consuming rationally and living a smarter life'. In fact, it is not so-called consumption degradation, but rational consumption, environmental protection consumption, etc.