Logo 15 Jun 2021

Dragon Boat Festival consumption disappoints

Subscribe to keep reading.

Sign up to stay briefed on what the Chinese government is doing, thinking, and saying.

Already a subscriber? Log in.

We are pretty obsessed with the Chinese consumer. The reason: Household consumption is key to China’s economic recovery. Some context: China has seen a two-track recovery from the pandemic.

Investment and exports have boomed. But consumption has lagged.

If China wants to sustain its econ...