IT Home On October 23, according to the Ministry of Commerce’s News Office, the person in charge of the Consumption Promotion Department of the Ministry discussed the situation in China’s consumer market during the first three quarters of 2026. The demand for green, intelligent, and healthy products is strong, with clear signs of improvement.
IT Home notes that, according to the Ministry of Commerce’s business big data, the sales of smart glasses on key platforms increased by 1.1 times in the first three quarters; the sales of exoskeletons increased by 46.4%, those of embodied intelligent robots increased by 22.6%, and the sales of organic foods increased by 6.4%.
In addition, according to data from the Automobile Distribution Association, the retail penetration of new energy passenger cars in September reached 67.0%.
According to the report, the total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 1.1% in September. This growth rate is 0.7 percentage points faster than in August. Except for automobiles, retail sales of consumer goods increased by 3.9%. In the first three quarters, the total retail sales of social consumer goods grew by 1.1%, achieving stable growth against the high base of the same period last year.