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    1. China’s share of service consumption still needs to increase, and the representation of service-sector firms among listed companies remains noticeably low

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    2. For a few categories—most notably automobiles and beverages—the relative growth performance of listed companies strengthened after 2020 compared with the macro benchmark.

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    3. At the same time, although consumption in the grain & food category and the furniture category also weakened relative to the macro benchmark, their underlying dynamics differ: grain & food exhibits a clear counter-cyclical pattern, whereas furniture is strongly influenced by the real estate cycle.

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    4. it reflects a widespread increase in industry-wide revenue, indicating a genuine structural strengthening of essential consumption within this category.

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    5. Figure 3 shows that the revenue share of these firms increased notably after 2020—rising by 4 percentage points from 2019 to 2020—and has since remained above 25%. By 2024, its share is more than 5 percentage points higher than in 2015.

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    6. Over the past decade, the share of discretionary consumption declined by roughly 5 percentage points, while the share of essential consumption correspondingly increased by about 5 percentage points.

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    7. In total, 493 firms across 11 categories can be effectively matched with retail statistics. The distribution is as follows: 176 in grain and food; 84 in apparel and textiles; 78 in household appliances and audiovisual equipment; 32 in tobacco and alcohol; 30 in furniture; 27 in daily necessities; 19 in automobiles; 14 in cosmetics; 14 in gold and jewelry; 11 in sports and entertainment goods; and 8 in beverages.

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    8. Starting in 2023, goods consumption declined while service consumption increased. In terms of absolute levels, goods consumption has consistently maintained a dominant position.

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    9. In terms of growth rates, differences between A-share-based consumption growth and macro-level consumption growth were larger before 2020 but have narrowed since then.

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