A couple pose for photos with their marriage certificates at a marriage registration office in Kaiyang County， southwest China's Guizhou Province， Aug. 22， 2023. Many couples chose to get married on Tuesday， which is the traditional Qixi Festival， or the Chinese Valentine's Day. (Photo by Yuan Fuhong/Xinhua)

BEIJING， Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's Qixi Festival， 灵武市伙同锁具有限公司 or the Chinese Valentine's Day， 青铜峡市岩旺混凝土有限公司 saw surging sales of flowers， 浙江卓凌鞋业有限公司 milk tea and gold jewelry on Tuesday as many couples marked the festival with dining and exchanging gifts.

By noon on Tuesday，鹿邑县海加颜料有限公司排版 orders for fresh flowers on Chinese e-commerce platform Meituan soared nearly 30 percent year on year. Data from online delivery service provider Eleme showed that delivery orders for fresh flowers jumped about 50 percent year on year ahead of the Qixi Festival.

The popular Chinese drink chain HEYTEA said that some of its outlets saw sales during the festival rise more than 600 percent over last Tuesday， 台山市肯嘉石灰有限公司 with one store selling some 4，500 cups of tea drinks in a day.

Jewelry brands also raced to roll out promotion campaigns， offering price cuts ranging from 30 yuan (about 4.11 U.S. dollars) to 50 yuan per gram on gold jewelry， attracting swarms of consumers.

China's retail sales of consumer goods排版， a major indicator of the country's consumption strength， rose 2.5 percent in July and 7.3 percent during the January-July period， pointing to steady consumption growth.  ■

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