China’s retail sales of consumer goods climbed 1.2% in the first seven months from the same period last year to CNY28.78 trillion (USD4.27 trillion), the NBS said today. Excluding automobiles, the figure advanced 2.7% to CNY26.51 trillion (USD3.93 trillion). Retail sales of consumer goods edged up 0.6% to CNY3.9 trillion (USD578 billion) in July.