Top planner calls for improved flow of goods

Consumption is expected to play a bigger role in the next five years, according to NDRC chair

Many Chinese tourists go overseas to buy cold medicines, cosmetics and even toilet lids, showing that China's consumer environment needs further attention and that the supply chain needs to be improved, the head of the country's top economic planning body said.

Consumption will play a more fundamental role in the coming five years, Xu Shaoshi, chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a news conference on Tuesday.