MWITA-CSE-2026-013 · Evidence A · P1
Food, tobacco and alcohol represented 29.3% of China's per-capita consumption expenditure in 2025, down 0.5 percentage point; the shares were 28.3% urban and 31.8% rural.
What this does not establish
A declining share is not direct evidence of premiumization, nutrition improvement or welfare causality.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
Relative prices and income composition can alter the share.
What would change the reading
NBS revision or later annual result.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.