"Autumn breeze makes the crab's feet itchy; the chrysanthemum blooms, and the crab comes."
The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and various hairy crab gift cards have begun to sell well.
These beautifully-made, easy-to-circulate, and flexible delivery coupons have become an active variety in the gift market. In recent years, there have been over-issue and idling phenomena.
Although the crab card is small, the risk of integrity brought by it should not be underestimated.
Among them, is there any public money purchase behavior?
Are there any gifts to party members, cadres and public officials?
Reporter conducted a survey.
Crab cards on the market are mainly sold through e-commerce platforms, and their popularity in the Mid-Autumn Festival gift market remains high
Zhang Wei (a pseudonym) and his family have raised crabs in Yangcheng Lake for more than 20 years. Since last year, they have been selling crab cards from others.
"We raise crabs ourselves, and will determine the issuance of cards based on the actual situation, so that all cardholders can get the goods. The 500 cards prepared this year have already been sold." Zhang Wei told reporters that there are ten crab farmers around Yangcheng Lake. Crab cards will be sold in 1989. They are usually ordered online, with a special card number and password, and just print the seller’s address and contact information.
According to Zhang Wei, they sell crab cards at different prices including 500 yuan, 800 yuan, and 1,200 yuan. The denomination of the card is a bit higher than the actual price, so it looks good.
Card customers mainly focus on giving gifts and giving benefits to employees. From the perspective of convenience and preservation, "crab cards are still more practical."
"Normal Yangcheng Lake crabs mature in late September, usually around September 20th. When the weather is hot, they will be around September 25th." Zhang Wei said that customers often take the crab card as a Mid-Autumn Festival gift before the crab matures. Send it out and pick up the goods as needed when the crabs are mature.
The reporter noticed that compared with the "private customization" of crab farmers, the mainstream crab cards in the market basically come from the mass production of food companies or sales companies, and the sales of e-commerce platforms are the main channel.
Yang Lin is the person in charge of an e-commerce platform focusing on gift card sales. He has been selling crab cards for 8 years.
According to him, the phenomenon of over-issued and idling crab cards is very common, causing consumers to have difficulty in redemption: "The most common is that the phone cannot get in, the sellers postpone the redemption for various reasons, especially some discount cards, special cards, delivery is very difficult. difficult."
There is a story circulating on the Internet: dealers printed 2,000 crab cards with a denomination of 500 yuan, sold 400 yuan to corporate purchasers, corporate purchasers gave gifts, and the recipients sold them to recyclers at 250 yuan. Then sell it to the dealer at a price of 300 yuan, and the dealer repurchases the crab card to earn 100 yuan each, and easily earn 200,000 yuan.
In this way, it is better to raise crabs than to sell crabs, and to sell crabs than to sell them.
"After all, there is a record on the online platform. If you have the patience to make a few calls, you can still exchange it. Offline channels are hard to say, and some people who sell the card will not find it." In Yang Lin's view, all kinds of chaos are just right. It reflects the high popularity of crab cards in the Mid-Autumn Festival gift market.
"It used to be popular to give moon cakes, but now'paper crabs' are becoming the main gifts for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day." Yang Lin told reporters that if well done in the industry, the annual sales of crab cards can reach one or two billion.
The e-commerce platform promotes "service" crab cards, and delivers exquisite crab-eating tools, which can be delivered to the designated address and can be picked up after "opening the lake"
In such a huge crab card market, is there any behavior of buying public funds and giving gifts to party members, cadres and public officials?
The reporter saw on an e-commerce platform that crab cards sold at a franchise store ranged from more than 300 yuan to more than 5,000 yuan, and different prices correspond to different specifications of hairy crab packages.
Take the crab card with a price tag of 888 yuan as an example. The actual price is 668 yuan, which can be exchanged for 3.5 double male crabs and 2.5 double female crabs each. Many stores across the country can pick up the goods, "group buying is more favorable."
The reporter immediately contacted the seller in the name of group buying.
The other party informed that (list price) 788 yuan and 888 yuan can be given to customers, "hands it out", just sold 180 888 yuan the day before.
Sending to the leader is "hard to say". It can range from more than one thousand yuan to several thousand yuan. Recently, I have sold a batch of cards of several thousand yuan, all of which are "for business use". 6 two, which can be called one of the hairy crabs. The best product, a set of exquisite crab-eating tools is also given.
According to the product catalog provided by the other party, the "Six Two Crabs" package is priced at 6888 yuan, including 6 two pairs of male crabs and 4 pairs of female crabs.
The other party said that the actual price can be discounted by 30%.
The purchased crab cards can be sent to reporters together, or they can be delivered directly to the designated address by courier, and the goods can be picked up after "opening the lake".
On another e-commerce platform, a 50% off crab card was well received by netizens.
The applicable store is located in Beijing, and it can be picked up or delivered for free within the city.
Netizens left a message saying that they would buy some for leaders and their family members every year, "The card package to send leaders is more atmospheric and cost-effective."
According to Zhang Wei, last year, he delivered goods to a government agency in other places according to customer needs. From the receiving address, the card buyer should send crabs to public officials, but the "specification" is not big, only "2.5 taels, 3.5 taels" of.
In addition to what the reporter learned through interviews, there have been many cases in which party members, cadres, and public officials have received crabs and "paper crabs" in violation of regulations that have been investigated and dealt with by discipline inspection and supervision agencies in recent years.
During the National Day of the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, the staff of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, through unannounced visits, arrested Wang Jun, the party secretary and director of the Linyi County Natural Resources Bureau, for illegally accepting high-end gifts.
A series of high-end gifts such as hairy crabs and tea presented by management and service objects were discovered through surprise inspections in the trunk, and 40,000 yuan in cash and 7 shopping cards were found in the co-pilot position.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with the advancing of the anti-corruption campaign, the crab and other gift markets have been clearly regulated.
Yang Lin also said that before 2015, many customers asked to issue invoices for office supplies when purchasing crab cards to facilitate reimbursement. "There are very few now."
Strictly investigate illegal receipt and delivery of crab cards to prevent "crab cards" from becoming "corrupt cards" that will corrupt party members, cadres and public officials
In the opinion of Xiong Xiong, member of the Standing Committee of the Gongshu District Party Committee, Secretary of the District Disciplinary Committee, and Director of the District Supervision Committee of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, gift certificates such as crab cards provide conveniences for honoring the elders and contacting friends, but they also help to strictly implement the spirit of the eight central regulations. "Four Winds" bring new hidden dangers.
For example, some people use this as a medium to "walk through the back door" and "find a way" to government agencies, and some party members and cadres also use "paper crabs" to get close to their superiors.
"A crab card can range from a few hundred yuan to a few thousand yuan. If it is allowed to flow between party members and cadres, it will form a link that affects style construction. If it is converted into cash, the problem will be even more serious. "Xiong Xiong told reporters.
In Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, near Yangcheng Lake, Li Yan, deputy secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, analyzed that, including crab cards, various payment cards and prepaid cards have a wide variety of varieties and patterns, and their sales channels are scattered, which makes it easy to get rid of the edge.
The Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day coincides with the launching of hairy crabs, and it is also a special node where the trend of illegally receiving and sending gifts is likely to rise. From the previous investigations and investigations, seasonal gifts such as crabs and moon cakes are often the first choice.
The reporter learned from the Changshu Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision that Yang, the secretary of the Party Committee of a certain village in the city, received many gift certificates such as gift cards, mooncakes and crabs from management and service objects from the end of 2018 to the end of 2019. Warning sanctions.
In the face of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, the city’s discipline inspection and supervision organs, on the basis of reiterating disciplinary rules to party members and cadres, clearly prioritized the handling of complaints and reports involving illegal receipt and delivery of crab cards, and carried out a special rectification of illegal receipt and gift cards .
"We will focus on the illegal use of modern logistics to deliver gifts, replace physical goods with gift books and delivery coupons, and use WeChat red envelopes, electronic prepaid cards and other derivatives to receive and send gifts." Li Yan said that the rectification process will also be related to the issue. The department checks whether there is a problem of buying crab cards with public funds by checking the dealer’s tax invoices and sales vouchers.
According to Xiong Xiong, the Gongshu District Commission for Discipline Inspection will conduct open and unannounced visits before the holiday, and will use big data analysis, mobilizing the masses and grassroots supervision liaisons, etc., to rigorously investigate the acceptance of crab cards by party members, cadres and public officials.
Unhealthy trends are a breeding ground for corruption.
In Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, the County Commission for Discipline Inspection and the County Market Supervision Administration, County Taxation Bureau and other departments have carried out joint inspections many times, relying on the tax control platform to verify invoices, verify the issuance of crab cards, and focus on discovering illegal purchases and gifting gifts. The "Crab Card" has become a "corrupt card" that woos party members, cadres and public officials.
The relevant person in charge of the Wuyi County Commission for Discipline Inspection said that through regular inspections, irregular spot checks, and rapid handling of complaints and reports, a situation of rectification and high pressure will be formed.
Style construction is always on the road. It must be grasped at each node, a small matter and a small matter, and each link is tied to each link.
On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, we should strengthen supervision, seriously investigate and deal with party members, cadres, public officials and other illegal gifts and gifts such as crab cards, and resolutely prevent the "four winds" from rebounding.
(Our reporter Qu Peng)