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Worry-free under the epidemic

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 2nd : Question title : worry-free supply under the epidemic

Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhao Donghui, Wang Lipin, Wang Feihang, Ma Xiaoyuan

People take food as their heaven. The more it is at the critical stage of epidemic prevention and control, the more it is necessary to ensure the continuous supply of basic livelihood data such as grains, oils, meat, eggs, and milk vegetables.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to implement the "rice bag" governor responsibility system and "vegetable basket" mayor responsibility system to ensure the supply of main and non-staple food. We must pay close attention to the impact of the epidemic on market supply and demand, do a good job in the supply and scheduling of household necessities, and prevent excessive price increases.

In the "big test" of the epidemic, various localities and departments took every step to ensure that the supply of staple foods was worry-free.

Villagers in Yi Village, Yong Town, Yongji City, Shanxi Province, fertilize wheat fields (photographed on February 24). Xinhua News Agency

The "rice bag" is guaranteed

"People are iron rice and steel, and they don't eat hungry for a meal." The guarantee of rice noodles oil supply is a key part of winning the battle against epidemic prevention and control. In this battle, COFCO Group delivered more than 200 tons of rice, about 50 tons of flour noodles, and about 300 tons of cooking oil to Wuhan market every day.

The head of the National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency on the 2nd that since the beginning of the war, the National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau has established a joint guarantee for the supply of grain and oil in Hubei and Hunan, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangxi. Mechanism to strengthen the coordinated scheduling of neighboring provinces and local state-owned enterprises to ensure the supply of grain and oil in severely affected areas such as Wuhan and Hubei. In Hubei Province, Wuhan and other key regions and cities, rice, flour, edible oil and other stocks can meet consumer demand for more than 30 days.

COFCO President Yu Xubo said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Xinhua News Agency: "As the largest grain, oil and food company in China and an important state-owned backbone enterprise directly managed by the central government, COFCO Group has held thematic party group meetings ten times. With the cooperation, we started a game of chess support and a pole insertion to the end to ensure the stable supply of grain and oil across the country. "

On April 2, employees of Hefei Herun Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. were busy at the vegetable base. Xinhua News Agency

With grains stored in the ground and technology in the ground, 1.4 billion people have nothing to worry about in rice bags, and food production capacity is fundamental.

Spring is just right, sowing seeds is also a hope for a good harvest. The green wheat sprouts can hardly be seen in the village of Xunzhen, Yongji City, Shanxi Province. "At present, wheat has entered the jointing stage, and fertilizer and water management is the key. We are hurrying to fertilize and water the ground to lay the foundation for a good wheat harvest." The big grain grower said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently reported that as of March 26, more than 74.8 million acres of spring grain had been planted in the country, and 8% of the intended planting had been completed, a year-on-year increase of 0.6 percentage points.

Summer grain output accounts for more than 1/5 of China's annual grain production. Liu Lihua, deputy director of the Department of Plantation Management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, revealed that the main body of summer grains is winter wheat. This year, the wheat area is basically stable, and the weather conditions in winter are generally favorable. In addition, the field management in spring is in place. The current seedling situation is better than usual.

In a supermarket in Xiaodian District, Taiyuan City, residents are purchasing cheap vegetables (photographed on February 1). Xinhua News Agency

"Vegetable basket" don't worry

"Eggs are 3 yuan per pound, which is cheaper than outside." Aunt Liu, who lives in the first community of Taiyuan Xiaodian District, used a mobile phone to scan the code and said that she was worried about buying food after the closed management of the community was a problem. Now there is a convenience food stall. Eat fresh vegetables every day and never have to store in the fridge.

The reporters interviewed in various places saw that the market has ample supply of civil biological materials such as grains, oils, meat, eggs, milk, and orderly sales. According to relevant statistics from the Ministry of Commerce, as of March 27, the resumption rate of agricultural products wholesale markets has reached 99.4%, and the resumption of business operators has reached 97.6%, and the transaction volume has increased by more than 50% from the beginning of February. The return rates of large supermarket chains and brand convenience stores reached 99.5% and 95.4%, respectively. Sales have exceeded the levels of the same period last year.

The epidemic struck, with fewer people moving and more vegetables moving.

"In the past, we were all waiting for supermarket purchases or merchant purchases. This year we changed hiring." Zhang Guoqing, chairman of Hefei Herun Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., said that the company launched a WeChat small program to purchase vegetables, allowing residents to place orders through the small program, unified the next day. Distribution, "Now we have half of our products with point-to-point distribution, which is very popular."

On April 2, employees of Hefei Herun Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. were busy at the vegetable base. Xinhua News Agency

"Sitting at home, moving your fingers, you can buy everything, and life is basically unaffected." Feng Guanghua, who lives in Dijingcheng District, Ren County, Hebei Province, said that with various online shopping services, he can always feel at ease. " Stay home.

During the epidemic, a large number of small and medium businesses went online. Feng Guanghua's most commonly used online shopping service is the "Sega Home" online shopping platform launched by Renxian Shijia Supermarket. All the daily necessities you want to buy, you only need to purchase online and pay, and the offline delivery staff will deliver the goods to the community. At the door, "it's more convenient than shopping in the supermarket".

Large manufacturers use "black technology" to fill the gap in demand. "Tieyu" is the name given to residents of the Gaobei community in Wuhou District, Chengdu for the delivery robot. It not only runs smoothly, but also automatically avoids pedestrians and obstacles.

Min Qiu, director of government public affairs at Jingdongnannan Branch, said that JD.com uses big data analysis to predict demand in advance, deploy materials in different warehouses in different regions, and pilot delivery robots and contactless distribution in some densely populated areas to ensure the accessibility of goods. .

Monitoring data from the Ministry of Commerce shows that since March, the prices of essential commodities such as grains, oils, meat, poultry, eggs, and vegetables have fallen. The wholesale prices of vegetables at the end of March have fallen by 16.5% from the end of February. The price of pork has fallen by 7.4 from the high point in mid-February %.

The latest dispatch data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas shows that the production of "vegetable basket" products is generally stable. Among them, from March 21st to 27th, the area of ​​vegetables in the country was 60.21 million mu, an increase of 3.61 million mu from the previous week, and the total supply of vegetable products was guaranteed.

Wholesale market buyers purchase vegetables at the entrance of Xicaozhai Village, Liujiabao Township, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan City (Photographed on February 17). Xinhua News Agency

Agricultural Products "Going Out"

At the Hulian Logistics Transfer and Distribution Center in Maling Village, Yangshao Town, Muchi County, Henan Province, an "Hulian Logistics Intelligent Platform", which undertakes county-level, township- and village-level logistics warehousing, transshipment, distribution, and distribution services, is running tight.

"This platform can track, service and backtrack the entire county's products," said Yao Jun, director of the logistics department of the household association company. With the movement of the mouse in Yao Jun's hand, when and where each logistics package flows, a clear map of the veins on the electronic screen.

In the special period, the "origin" of agricultural products must be clear, and the obstacles must be cleared.

The "net red fruit" navel orange in Zigui County, Hubei has been slow to sell due to poor transportation, and Shanghai is the main consumer market for navel orange. Zhongtong Express adjusted its transportation capacity and used the green channel for agricultural products exported by the local government to transport more than 100 tons of navel oranges to Shanghai in less than two weeks.

Shijia Supermarket, Renxian County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province launched an online shopping platform, and offline delivery staff delivered the goods to the doorstep of the customer community (photo taken on April 2). Xinhua News Agency

"The Hubei Jingzhou Transfer Center was not yet back to work at that time. We shipped navel oranges from Zigui to Zhongtong Changsha Transfer Center and then sent them to the whole country." Said Zeng Xuedan, head of Zigui County, Zhongtong Express Hubei Province. Setting up convenience service stations in rural areas and other methods has eliminated intermediate links and costs and maximized benefits to growers. "

After the epidemic, the government, enterprises, and society took action in order to smooth the "artery" of agricultural product transportation.

The development of shed film economy in Wangjiayuanzi Village, Lamadian Town, Lishu County, Jilin Province has gradually become a large-scale economy. More than 1,300 sheds have been built with beans, eggplants, tomatoes, cucumbers and so on. When the outbreak started, Wang Yan, the secretary of the village general branch, was anxious to see that the vegetables were out of stock.

But within a few days, Wang Yan's frowned brows stretched—the county government has issued a green pass for vegetable farmers. Vegetable farmers can pull vegetables to dock with surrounding areas. The government also actively contacts the supermarkets and farmers' markets, etc., for vegetable farmers Looking for sales. Today, the vegetables in the village are sold to Changchun, Siping and other provinces in Jilin. "No worries now," Wang Yan said.

In Wuchi County, Henan Province, staff at a logistics company are moving goods (photo taken on March 26). Xinhua News Agency

Wang Xiuchun, deputy director of the Transportation Services Department of the Ministry of Transport, said that the transportation department is actively cooperating with relevant departments such as public security and urging localities to accelerate the restoration of national transportation order.

"At present, all kinds of jams and stuck points in the country should be withdrawn, and everything should be removed, and the normal order of logistics and transportation should be restored in an orderly manner to promote the stable operation of the economy and society," said Wang Xiuchun. (Participating reporters: Jiang Gang, Li Jiwei, Chen Jian, Li Lijing, Zhu Xi, Meng Hanqi)