China News Service, June 18, according to the National Development and Reform Commission's WeChat public account, there has recently been a cluster of new pneumonia outbreaks in the Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing, and the Xinfadi wholesale market was closed. The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission said that Beijing has ample food stocks and reserves at present. Only local reserves can guarantee the city’s 6-month market supply. In addition, there is a certain amount of central reserves. Together with the company’s commodity inventory, market supply is guaranteed.

On June 16, after the Beijing Xinfadi wholesale market was closed, it was located in a temporary trading turnover area on the north side of Jingliang Road, where some vegetable and fruit merchants traded. The picture shows the temporary trading area of ​​Xinfadi wholesale market. China News Service reporter Zhang Yushe

  The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission answered questions from reporters on the protection of living materials during the epidemic prevention and control in Beijing. Some reporters questioned that there has been a cluster of new pneumonia outbreaks in the Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing recently, and the Xinfadi wholesale market has also been closed. What measures has the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) as the lead unit for the life materials security group under the joint defense and joint control mechanism of the State Council to ensure the supply of vegetables and other living materials in Beijing?

  A: In this epidemic, the closure of the Xinfadi wholesale market will have a certain impact on the supply of vegetables and fruits in Beijing, and prices will fluctuate. As the leading unit of the life supplies guarantee group of the joint defense and joint control mechanism of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce and other relevant departments support Beijing and neighboring provinces and cities to strengthen the docking, actively organize the supply of goods, and coordinate and resolve the emergence of supplies and supplies in a timely manner. Problems, increase the supply of materials and promote the smooth operation of the market. The first is to guide and coordinate the establishment of multi-functional transit storage stations for vegetables and fruits in Beijing, Hebei Province, Pinggu Mafang, Hebei Gaobeidian, etc., to ensure the smooth flow of vegetables, fruits and other living materials into Beijing, and to ensure the supply of the Beijing market. The second is to establish a joint insurance mechanism in the surrounding six provinces and cities, and coordinate the six provinces and cities of Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Shandong, and Henan to immediately set up special working classes to sort out the large-scale backbone vegetable and fruit distribution enterprises and sources of supply to Beijing. To strengthen the connection with Beijing and increase the supply to the Beijing market. The third is to organize the transportation of vegetables into Beijing. Coordinate with related key agricultural products circulation enterprises in Hebei Province to organize the supply of 5,000 tons of vegetables from Gaobeidian to supply Beijing. The first batch of vegetables has been delivered to the Xihongmen vegetable storage warehouse of Shounong Group on the morning of June 18, and the rest will also arrive in the near future. At present, the order of buying and selling vegetables and fruits in Beijing is gradually recovering, the supply of goods is relatively sufficient, and the market is generally in order.

  In the next step, we will actively cooperate with Beijing to continue to strengthen the supply of life supplies, focusing on strengthening market monitoring and early warning, coordinating the supply of vegetables and fruits from neighboring provinces and cities, and other related work to ensure the supply of the Beijing market.

Q: Is the supply of food, cooking oil, etc. in Beijing guaranteed?

  Answer: After the agricultural product wholesale market in Xinfadi was closed, the State Grain and Material Reserve Bureau immediately launched an emergency mechanism, quickly dispatched to find out the latest situation of grain and oil reserves in Beijing and districts and the processing capacity of grain and oil emergency enterprises, and took effective measures to increase Beijing With regard to the strength of grain and oil supply guarantee, an emergency guarantee plan for grain and oil in provinces around Beijing has been formulated.

  At present, Beijing has ample food stocks and sufficient reserves. Only local reserves can guarantee the city’s 6-month market supply. In addition, there is a certain amount of central reserves. Together with enterprise commodity inventories, market supply is guaranteed. The finished grain reserve can guarantee the city's 32-day market supply, and the edible oil reserve can guarantee 29 days. In addition, the provinces surrounding Beijing have sufficient grain stocks, strong processing and transformation capabilities, and smooth transportation and logistics. If necessary, they can supply the Beijing market at any time.

  In the next step, the National Grain and Material Reserve Bureau will step up the establishment of a key backbone enterprise guarantee mechanism, strengthen the organization and dispatch of market supply sources, promote the increase of commercial inventories and government reserves, and ensure the sufficient supply of grain and oil, stable prices, and stable market operation in Beijing.

Q: How much impact has the epidemic had on the prices of Beijing’s grain, oil, meat and other livelihood commodities? What measures has the National Development and Reform Commission taken as the competent price authority?

  Answer: Since June 11, the National Development and Reform Commission has taken quick measures to start the emergency monitoring mechanism, establish a daily monitoring, daily analysis, and daily reporting system, and strengthen the price monitoring of important people's livelihood commodity markets. On the whole, the prices of Beijing's grain and oil market have been basically stable recently; the prices of pork and eggs have increased slightly; the prices of vegetables in the wholesale market rose sharply on June 15 and began to fall on the 16th. The retail prices of vegetables in supermarkets have increased slightly.

  In the next step, we and Beijing will continue to pay close attention to the supply and price of important people's livelihood commodities, and do a good job of maintaining supply and stabilizing prices around grains, oils, meat, eggs and other commodities that are of vital interest to the people.