Chinanews.com, December 16th. National Development and Reform Commission spokesperson Meng Wei said on the 16th that New Year’s Day and Spring Festival are the traditional peak consumption seasons for important livelihood commodities. Affected by the "festival effect", prices may rise in stages, but due to the production and supply of live pigs Continued recovery, the overall supply of vegetables is sufficient, and the price increase during the holidays is expected to be modest.

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　　The National Development and Reform Commission held a regular press conference in December on the 16th.

At the meeting, Meng Wei gave an introduction on the next CPI trend, the supply and price stability during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival.

　　Meng Wei pointed out that the recent decline in my country's CPI growth rate was mainly due to the high drop in food prices that promoted price increases in the early stage.

Looking at the core CPI after deducting the impact of food and energy prices, it rose 0.5% year-on-year and remained stable.

From January to November, the CPI rose by 2.7%, which was within a reasonable operating range and in line with expectations.

　　Regarding the next price trend, Meng Wei made a preliminary judgment: Currently, my country’s main industrial and agricultural products are abundant in supply, and the basis for maintaining stable prices in general is relatively solid. Affected by the high base effect in the previous period, it is expected that the price increase will remain at a relatively low level in the short term. In general, it will maintain smooth operation.

　　Meng Wei said that New Year's Day and Spring Festival are traditional consumption peak seasons for important livelihood commodities. Affected by the "holiday effect", prices may rise in stages. However, due to the continuous recovery of live pig production and supply and the overall supply of vegetables, it is expected that the price increase during the holidays will not increase. Big.

　　Meng Wei said that in order to ensure the basic stability of the supply and prices of important livelihood commodities during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival, the National Development and Reform Commission will work with all regions and departments to do a good job in four key areas.

One is to strengthen price monitoring and early warning.

Continue to closely monitor the production, sales and prices of important livelihood commodities such as grain, oil, meat, and eggs, and initiate emergency monitoring during holidays to respond to market supply and demand in a timely manner.

The second is to strengthen reserve adjustment.

In light of the market situation, we will accurately carry out central frozen pork reserves and guide local governments to increase reserves of pork and winter and spring vegetables, so as to better meet consumer demand.

The third is to carry out market inspections.

Instruct all localities to strengthen inspections and admonishments in important livelihood markets such as residents' daily necessities, transportation, tourism and catering, and resolutely stop arbitrary price increases and arbitrary charges.

The fourth is to hold the bottom line of people's livelihood.

Guide and urge all localities to implement the price subsidy linkage mechanism, issue temporary price subsidies in full and on time on a monthly basis, encourage places where conditions permit to issue one-off subsidies, and effectively guarantee the basic livelihood of the people in need.