China News Service, Beijing, September 5 (Reporter Du Yan) As of now, the sales of consumer poverty alleviation in Beijing have exceeded 15 billion yuan, which has driven 270,000 poor households to increase their income and get rid of poverty.

This is what the reporter learned from the launching ceremony of the "National Consumer Poverty Alleviation Month 2020-Beijing Consumer Poverty Alleviation Urban Linkage and Consumer Poverty Alleviation Union Day" held today.

　　This event is one of the important contents of the consumption season in Beijing. It is sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Poverty Alleviation Support Office, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the Municipal Local Financial Supervision Bureau, and the Chengde Municipal People’s Government of Hebei Province. Participation, one hundred million people walking together, everyone joins hands to show love, consumer poverty alleviation is in action" as the theme, through the consumption of poverty alleviation counters, pavilions, special areas and other major carriers, using China Social Poverty Alleviation Network as the information service platform, organize the city’s launch ceremony and consumption Poverty Alleviation Union Day activities, 16 district consumer poverty alleviation linkage activities, consumer poverty alleviation counters special area promotion activities, "party building + consumer poverty alleviation" activities and other series of consumer poverty alleviation activities, jointly launched efforts to broaden the offline and online production and sales channels of poverty alleviation products, and promote Beijing Poverty alleviation products in poverty alleviation support areas have been integrated into the Beijing market, driving poverty-stricken areas to increase income and get rid of poverty.

　　At the event site, Beijing’s Consumer Poverty Alleviation Center’s 8 special pavilions, including Lhasa in Tibet, Hotan in Xinjiang, Yushu in Qinghai, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Henan, and Badong, were the first exhibition and sales of the Poverty Alleviation Supermarket in Beijing. The Consumption Poverty Alleviation Sub-center of the Economic and Technological Development Zone has a centralized exhibition and sales platform to showcase and sell high-quality and characteristic poverty alleviation products in 90 poverty-stricken counties in 8 provinces supported by Beijing.

　　The rice, sunflower oil, wild mushrooms in Inner Mongolia, the spring water from the Jokhang Holy Spring Mountain in Tibet, the Songhua eggs and linseed oil in Hebei, the millet in Chengde, and the various special poverty alleviation products make the citizens dizzy.

　　According to reports, citizens use the China Construction Bank "Beijing Consumer Poverty Alleviation Love Card" and the Bank of Beijing Union Card to purchase on-site, and place orders on the ICBC e-shopping online, and they have the opportunity to enjoy full discounts.

"Buy, buy, buy" not only wins benefits, but also helps the poor.

There is also an online live broadcast of Internet celebrities at the event site, allowing consumers across the country to participate in the activity of "everyone joins hands to show love, consumer poverty alleviation is in action".

　　At the scene of the event, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Labor Union, Beijing Prison (Drug Rehabilitation) Administration Union, BAIC Group Labor Union, Shoukai Group Labor Union and Beijing Consumer Poverty Alleviation and Innovation Center signed a poverty alleviation product purchase agreement.

　　The Beijing Federation of Trade Unions issued a proposal to mobilize the city’s 5.5 million trade union members to purchase poverty alleviation products through “buying on behalf of donations” and “buying on behalf of help”, helping the recipient areas to establish files and register for poverty-stricken households to increase their income and consolidate the results of poverty alleviation .

　　The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Office of Poverty Alleviation and Support said that since this year, in the face of the adverse effects of the new crown epidemic, the Beijing Municipal Office of Poverty Alleviation and Support, together with the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, and the Shounong Food Group, have focused on poverty alleviation support. Focusing on the prevention and control of the epidemic with one hand, adhering to the "five heads and five truths" poverty alleviation support model, coordinating and advancing key tasks, and striving to reduce the impact of the epidemic, all tasks have achieved significant results.

　　According to reports, in terms of consumption poverty alleviation, Beijing's fiscal budget units at all levels reserve 30% of fiscal funds to purchase poverty alleviation products; in-depth development of consumption poverty alleviation "seven advances" activities, setting up more than 1,000 poverty alleviation areas in supermarket chains and wholesale markets; Recipients coordinated with consumption poverty alleviation and signed bulk purchase agreements, and held activities such as centralized procurement and joint marketing, live broadcast of goods, and municipal government-managed state-owned enterprises consumption poverty alleviation month.

　　Up to now, the sales of poverty alleviation by consumption in Beijing has exceeded 15 billion yuan, which has driven 270,000 poor households to increase their income and get rid of poverty.

　　The person in charge stated that Beijing will use the "2020 National Consumer Poverty Alleviation Month-Beijing Consumer Poverty Alleviation Urban Linkage Campaign" as an opportunity to promote consumer poverty alleviation to achieve new breakthroughs and new results, and strive to achieve 20 billion yuan in sales of consumer poverty alleviation in the city in 2020.

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