Payment data for the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday is released! The amount of payment transactions processed was 13.26 trillion yuan, an increase of about 16% compared with last year's National Day holiday

The People's Bank of China recently disclosed data showing that during the National Day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday (October 1 to 8) this year, UnionPay and NetLink handled a total of 41.552 billion payment transactions, an increase of 9.523 billion or about 30% from last year's National Day holiday; The amount of payment transactions processed was 13.26 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.86 trillion yuan or about 16% from last year's National Day holiday.
Data shows that consumption in catering, shopping, movie viewing and other fields has all increased, reflecting the vitality of the consumer market during this year's National Day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.
In addition, Alipay and WeChat have also released relevant payment data. The number and amount of cross-border payment transactions during this year's two-day holiday have increased significantly, reflecting the continued activity of my country's economic exchanges with the world.
During this long holiday, catering, tourism, offline retail, and transportation are popular consumption industries for inbound tourists. Alipay platform data shows that in the five days before the holiday, the amount of Alipay consumption by global inbound tourists increased by nearly 40% compared with the same period last year. Among them, the amount of consumption by foreign tourists using "Alipay Touch" increased by 500% year-on-year. Data from Weixin Pay shows that in the five days before the holiday, the number of cross-border transactions on Weixin Pay increased by 21% year-on-year.
According to the consumption trends released by Alipay, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia are still popular destinations for China tourists to spend abroad, while some unpopular destinations in Europe have become the new favorite consumption of China tourists.The top 5 countries with the highest total amount of Alipay spent by China tourists abroad are Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. In the list of "dark horse countries" with the fastest growth in consumption, Greece, Laos, Nepal, Portugal and Turkey rank among the top five.
The "2025 National Day Mid-Autumn Festival Data Report" released by WeChat shows that the total consumption in the first five days of this year's National Day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday increased by 10% compared with this year's May Day holiday. From the perspective of consumption scenarios, travel and service consumption has grown significantly.
The report shows that self-driving trips in new energy vehicles have increased significantly during this long holiday. The amount of Weixin Pay consumption for new energy vehicle charging piles has increased by 43% year-on-year; the amount of railway and passenger tickets purchased through Weixin Pay has also increased by 21% year-on-year; The number of sports and fitness consumption has increased by 16% year-on-year, and the amount of beauty salons has increased by 11% year-on-year; Affected by policies such as "trade-in", the amount of digital product consumption has increased by 11% year-on-year.
In terms of the outbound travel market, Weixin Pay data showed that the number of cross-border payments in the five days before the holiday increased by 21% year-on-year. Affected by visa-free policies in South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and other countries, the number of Weixin Pay transactions in South Korea increased by 46%, and the number of transactions in Singapore increased by 32%.
At present, Weixin Mini Programs services have covered 92 countries and regions. During this National Day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, the number of transactions of overseas Mini programs in the tourism industry and catering industry increased by more than 50% and 30% respectively year-on-year. The average daily transaction amount of China tourists through overseas small and medium-sized merchant Mini programs increased by more than 70% year-on-year.In terms of immigration, in the first five days of this holiday, the average number of inbound tourist users visiting Mini programs per day increased by more than 60% year-on-year.