The week-long National Day holiday, or as people love to call it the “Golden Week,� ended on October 7, with data revealing robust consumer spending.

According to data released by Changzhou Bureau of Commerce, during the seven-day holiday, the city’s 51 major large and medium-sized retail and catering businesses and nine shopping centers achieved sales of 766.486 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.3 percent.

The Jiangsu Lingjiatang Market, a wholesale market for agricultural and sideline products, reached 790.155 million yuan in sales, up 7.5 percent from the same period of 2020.