China's light industry logs $1.57 trillion revenue in H1 2025
According to Xinhua News Agency, the policy-fuelled consumer demand surged in the first half of the year, with the retail sales of 11 major light industry product categories exceeding 4.3 trillion yuan (about $590 billion), up 11.6 per cent from the previous year.
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