Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 22th, Question: With more returnees, can the necessities of urban life be available? How to protect agricultural products from “out of the village and into the city”?

Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xi Dong Ruifeng

More and more people are returning to work and returning to work. Can the supply of daily necessities in large and medium cities keep up? What is the status of emergency guarantee supply in key areas such as Wuhan? How to protect citizens '"vegetable baskets" and take care of farmers' "money bags"?

More returnees, how do large and medium-sized cities cope with the pressure of guaranteeing supply?

"In the near future, the supply of daily necessities in the country is generally abundant." Wang Bin, deputy director of the Department of Market Operations of the Ministry of Commerce, said at a press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council on the 22nd that the current market price of grain and oil has remained stable, and pork and beef prices have risen. The prices of poultry eggs and vegetables fell to varying degrees.

However, with the orderly return of staff, the demand for "vegetable baskets" in large and medium-sized cities is increasing. In some densely populated cities with concentrated returnees, some supermarkets have experienced incomplete frozen food products.

In response, Wang Bin said that the commerce department will strengthen monitoring and early warning, grasp the dynamics of supply, do a good job of supply and demand docking, and prevent large and medium-sized cities, especially mega cities, from shortage of supplies.

In addition to various agricultural products, the public's demand for masks has also increased after the resumption of work.

Wu Guoyi, director of the Department of Service and Trade of the Ministry of Commerce, said that in order to make up for the shortage of domestic short-term production and supply, as of February 20, the country had imported more than 5 billion yuan of medical supplies through various trade methods, of which 1.37 billion were masks.

To ensure the supply of daily necessities, smooth road network and transportation access are key.

Wu Chungeng, director of the Policy Research Office of the Ministry of Transport, said that according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Transport of more than 11,000 highway and water transport enterprises, 3,550 have resumed work, with an average return rate of nearly 50%; China Post, SF And other enterprises have resumed work basically, and other major express delivery companies have resumed work at a rate of 66.7%.

"The traffic volume of expressways across the country is also on the rise, indicating that the transportation service support capability is constantly improving." Wu Chungeng said that in the next step, we will also make special deployments to effectively become the "first officer" to resume work and resume production.

How can the residents' life be guaranteed in the closed management area?

To resolutely stop the spread of the epidemic, many urban and rural communities in Hubei have strictly implemented closed management. Ensuring the consumption needs of residents under the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control has become the focus of attention of all parties.

"The overall market in Hubei is running smoothly. The stocks of grain, oil, meat, and vegetables are constantly increasing, and the supply capacity has been significantly improved." Wang Bin said.

According to him, the Ministry of Commerce further improved the joint insurance and joint supply mechanism in 9 provinces, and together with relevant departments, identified 150 key guarantee companies. The supply of rice noodle oil, meat, egg milk, and convenience foods exceeded 600,000 tons, which can guarantee Wuhan and other places. Longer supply.

For residential areas where closed management is implemented, the necessities of life are mainly purchased by the neighborhood committees, and the supermarkets and supermarkets provide centralized distribution. At the same time, measures were taken to facilitate residents' online vegetable purchases, and agricultural cooperatives to form pairs with communities and provide direct supply.

"The major supermarkets have launched a variety of vegetable" package packages ". Vegetables average about 9 yuan per kilo, and the price is roughly the same as retail purchases. Wang Bin said that relevant local authorities have also issued specific regulations requiring" package packages. " "Explicitly priced, bundling of non-essential consumer goods is strictly prohibited.

The "relay" of roads and railways ensures that the central reserve meat is delivered to Wuhan in a timely manner; an emergency material transfer and transfer station is set up, and a total of about 1172.4 tons of food such as grain, edible oil, vegetables, and fruits have been transferred since February 3 ... Make every effort to ensure material transportation.

Locally, it is difficult to sell. How can agricultural products be "out of the village and into the city"?

In some places, the supply of fruits and vegetables is “tight”, and in some places, the problem of unsaleable agricultural products.

"We must protect the citizens'" vegetable baskets "and also take care of the" money bags "of farmers. According to Wang Bin, the Ministry of Commerce is working with agriculture, transportation, etc. on the poor circulation of agricultural products, disconnected production and sales, and broken supply chains. Departments provide accurate policies and take appropriate measures.

In strengthening the docking of production and sales, mobilize business departments at all levels to coordinate market emergency protection and sales of agricultural products, organize associations and enterprises to establish an information release platform for "difficult selling" of agricultural products. Currently, over 10,000 tons of agricultural products have been sold through the platform.

"Since the outbreak, more than 50 key agricultural product wholesale market daily tracking and monitoring systems have been established to mobilize the participation of wholesale, retail, e-commerce, and logistics companies to expand online and offline sales channels for slow-moving agricultural products." Wang Bin said.

According to him, Sinopec's Easy Convenience Store temporarily increased vegetable sales at 6,000 gas stations in 126 prefectures and cities across the country, solving the pressing needs of some enterprises and farmers.

In addition, the commerce department also organized large-scale agricultural product circulation enterprises to resume work in an orderly manner in accordance with the local epidemic situation. According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, more than 80% of the agricultural products market in the country has resumed operations. Among them, the total vegetable trading volume of 50 key agricultural product wholesale markets on February 21 increased by 26.4% compared with February 1.