Since December, more than 30 cities across the country have issued consumption vouchers, according to incomplete statistics from China Business News.
More than 30 cities issued vouchers
Hengshui city government decided to distribute 3 million yuan of "government consumption vouchers" in the city at 8:00 on December 22nd. The consumer vouchers issued a large amount, a wide range of radiation, covering Taocheng District, Jizhou District, high-tech zone, Binhu New District *** 10 guaranteed supply of enterprises under the 52 livelihood guaranteed supply of supermarkets.
Chengdu City also issued 2 million yuan of cultural and tourism vouchers for end consumers of cultural and tourism products in mid-December. on December 16, Chengdu Chenghua District held a digital consumption festival, issuing a total of 300,000 yuan of digital consumption vouchers. on December 19, Chengdu Jianyang City, in the lamb food culture and tourism festival issued 5,000 vouchers with a total value of 200,000 yuan.
Ou Jianwei, secretary-general of the Chengdu Retailers Association, told China Business News that the November epidemic had a relatively big impact on Chengdu's retail industry, and that the government's issuance of consumption vouchers was a way of encouraging consumers to come out of their homes and boosting the recovery of the real economy. In addition, it is now the end of the year consumption season, through the organization of specific shopping festivals and other activities, the government issued consumer vouchers and merchants preferential promotions, is conducive to boosting consumption.
So far, more than 30 cities across the country, including Chongqing, Chengdu, Hefei, Zhengzhou and Nanjing, have launched consumption vouchers, according to incomplete statistics from the First Financial Group. The consumption vouchers issued mainly focus on catering, shopping, tourism and sports. The main purpose of issuing consumption vouchers around the country is either to promote the recovery of consumption after the epidemic or to sprint for the end of the year consumption season.
Than suffered a severe shock from the epidemic. My city issued a total subsidy of 2 million yuan for gas cards for car purchases. In the city issued oil products, home appliances, daily necessities, food and beverage electronic consumption coupons, the total degree of 8 million yuan.
The culture and tourism market is the focus of the consumption voucher promotion. Guizhou Provincial Department of Commerce will join the provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and other departments to issue 11 million yuan of winter culture and tourism consumption vouchers my city's Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio and Tourism will also be issued 10 million yuan of snow and ice consumption vouchers, to attract more citizens and tourists to participate in the experience of snow and ice activities.
The cities issuing consumption vouchers include large, medium and small cities, among which Hefei City consumption vouchers are issued more vigorously. Hefei municipal financial funds invested 40 million yuan, focusing on catering, shopping malls and supermarkets, automobile and other circulation areas. Among them, the catering industry 15 million yuan, shopping malls and supermarkets 15 million yuan, the automobile industry 10 million yuan.
Yang Chang, chief analyst of the Zhongtai Securities Research Institute, told China Business News that for the government to issue consumption vouchers, it is more the behavior of the local government, and for the real consumption vouchers, it is actually the local government to increase the leverage, and use the financial resources to transfer payments to the residents. This has a positive significance for the residents' disposable capacity.
However, Yang Chang believes that many consumption vouchers at this stage are not consumption vouchers in the true sense of the word,