China's retail sales up 8 pct in 2019

Customers buy vegetables at a supermarket in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan.10, 2019. (Xinhua/Geng Yuhe)

BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of consumption growth, rose 8 percent year on year in 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. ■