China’s retail sales of consumer goods went up 3 percent year on year to hit 4.38 trillion yuan (608.82 billion U.S. dollars) in November, the National Bureau of Statistics said.

Last month, retail sales of consumer goods in urban regions rose 2.9 percent to 3.76 trillion yuan, while sales in rural regions stood at 616.7 billion yuan, up 3.2 percent, the data showed.

In the first 11 months, retail sales of consumer goods totaled nearly 44.3 trillion yuan, up 3.5 percent year on year. Online retail sales of consumer goods stood at around 14 trillion yuan, up 7.4 percent. (Xinhua)