China News Service, February 9th. According to the website of the Ministry of Rural Agriculture, on the 9th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Finance and other eight departments jointly issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Maintaining Supply and Stabilizing Prices of Agricultural Products during the Spring Festival and the National "Two Sessions"." (Hereinafter referred to as notice).

The notice pointed out that all localities should implement the national regulations on "vegetable basket" product storage, relying on qualified agricultural product processing and sales and cold chain logistics enterprises and agricultural product wholesale markets to establish and improve the emergency collection and storage system of fresh agricultural products such as vegetables and accurately implement them Reserve sources of goods, organize market launches in an orderly manner, and prevent sales difficulties and supply cuts.

Data map: Residents are buying vegetables.

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  Recently, affected by the strong cold wave weather and the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the prices of vegetables and other agricultural products in some areas have risen rapidly, which has greatly affected the supply of residents' daily necessities.

Effectively do a good job in ensuring the supply and price stability of agricultural products during the Spring Festival and the National "Two Sessions", do a good job in the prevention and control of the normal epidemic situation, and ensure that the people have a good Spring Festival and daily life needs. The eight departments jointly issued the following notice:

  The notice stated that the "vegetable basket" mayor responsibility system must be strictly implemented.

All localities should take the stability of production and supply of "vegetable basket" products as an important livelihood project, attach great importance to it, keep the soil responsible, strengthen the local responsibility, consolidate the mayor's responsibility system, establish a agricultural product supply and stable price work mechanism, formulate work plans, and take effective measures , Coordinate and do a good job in production development, processing, purchasing and storage, production and sales connection, circulation and transportation, market regulation, quality and safety, etc., and timely and effectively solve the outstanding problems of "vegetable basket" products due to disasters, such as production reduction, poor production and sales, and restricted circulation, and effectively guarantee The market has sufficient supply, abundant types and basically stable prices.

Counties (cities) affected by the epidemic and counties (cities) that have been affected by the epidemic should pay special attention to the supply of agricultural and sideline products and daily necessities of rural residents and poverty-stricken households, so that they can enjoy a happy, peaceful and peaceful Spring Festival.

  The notice mentioned that it is necessary to effectively guarantee the production and supply of "vegetable basket" products.

It is necessary to pay close attention to changes in weather, predict the impact of severe weather on production in time, improve technical plans for disaster prevention and mitigation, organize forces to strengthen production technical guidance services, ensure production water, electricity, and gas use, and strengthen sheds and supplement light Work such as temperature increase, water and fertilizer management, pest control, etc., to minimize disaster losses.

Low-risk areas should take effective measures to actively guide and support large-scale planters, cooperatives and other large-scale business entities to appropriately increase planting areas, increase production management efforts, and improve supply capabilities.

  The medium- and high-risk areas must ensure the stability of local production and timely harvest and market by organizing emergency measures such as production commandos and technical service teams while doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control.

The "Southern Vegetables Transported to the North" base and the northern facility vegetable production areas should adjust the sales area in time according to the market supply and demand situation and the changes in the flow of personnel during the Spring Festival this year, and appropriately increase the market supply.

  Properly develop fast-growing leafy vegetables and sprouts around large and medium cities, increase emergency reserves, and prepare to supplement market supply.

In accordance with the pledged goal of stable production and supply of live pigs in 2021, all localities should implement the responsibility and policy measures to ensure supply, prevent and control major animal diseases, ensure the stable supply of feed materials, accelerate the restoration of pig production capacity, and coordinate the production of cattle, sheep and poultry and aquaculture. , To guide the breeding farms (households) to timely adjust the plan to release the pond according to the changes in market demand, and effectively guarantee the production and supply during the Spring Festival and the national "two sessions".

It is necessary to intensify routine monitoring, supervision and spot checks, and effectively guarantee the quality and safety of "vegetable basket" products.

  The notice also pointed out that it is necessary to make good use of the "vegetable basket" product regulation policy.

We will do a good job in the prevention and control of imported cold chain agricultural products for the new crown virus, speed up the customs clearance of imported livestock and aquatic products, and do a good job in the release of central reserve meat in accordance with the market situation.

All localities must implement the national regulations on "vegetable basket" product reserves, rely on qualified agricultural product processing and sales and cold chain logistics enterprises and agricultural product wholesale markets, establish and improve the emergency procurement and storage system of fresh agricultural products such as vegetables in a timely manner, and accurately implement the source of reserves. Organize market launches in an orderly manner to prevent sales difficulties and supply cuts.

Large northern cities should do a good job of stocking winter and spring vegetables in an orderly manner according to the situation.

  In addition, all localities should strengthen support for the "vegetable basket" products, and earnestly implement the "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Further Doing a Good Job in the Basic Livelihood Guarantee of the People in Difficulties" (Guoban Zhidian [2021] No. 2), and do a good job in the Spring Festival During the National "Two Sessions" period, the assistance and care services for the needy people will be paid in full and timely to ensure the basic living security of urban low-income groups.

  The notice also stated that it will speed up the clearing of traffic jams for "vegetable basket" products.

It is necessary to ensure unblocked transportation channels for agricultural products in the “vegetable basket”, include grain, oil, vegetables, meat, eggs, milk, aquatic products, fertilizers, and feeds into the scope of key guarantee materials for normalized epidemic prevention and control, and promote epidemic prevention and control measures such as remote nucleic acid testing. "Vegetable basket" agricultural products and vegetable seedlings, young livestock and poultry, aquatic seedlings, feed, fertilizers and other agricultural materials transportation vehicles shall not be intercepted at will for inspection or restricted passage.

Strictly implement the "green channel" policy for the transportation of fresh agricultural products, and waive vehicle tolls for vehicles that legally load and transport products in the national unified "Catalogue of Fresh Agricultural Products".

It is strictly forbidden to block traffic such as illegally breaking roads and closing roads, and ensure that roads leading to key places such as vegetable bases, livestock and aquaculture farms, livestock product processing and slaughterhouses, and agricultural products trading markets are unblocked.

Areas where conditions permit can provide appropriate support to the carrier and vehicle owners according to the situation.

  The notice also mentioned that it is necessary to expand the sales channels of "vegetable basket" products in many ways.

It is necessary to strengthen the prevention and control of the epidemic situation in the wholesale market of fresh and live agricultural products such as vegetables, and actively promote the online trading of fresh and live agricultural products and the point-to-point dedicated car line distribution. The medium and high-risk areas shall regulate the wholesale and distribution of fresh agricultural products according to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, and reduce Personnel contact improves distribution efficiency and reduces circulation costs.

Take agricultural products from poverty alleviated areas as an important source of effective supply of "vegetable basket" products, coordinate production areas and sales areas to build a "point-to-point" docking relationship, and prioritize procurement and sales.

  Encourage local organizations to organize commercial outlets such as supermarkets and community stores to directly connect with agricultural products production and operation entities to achieve direct procurement and supply, reduce circulation links, and smooth production and sales.

It is necessary to explore the establishment of an inter-provincial linkage emergency mechanism for agricultural product supply, to promptly assist in solving the difficulties in selling or supplying agricultural products in neighboring provinces, and to ensure a steady and safe supply of agricultural products from Hong Kong and Macao.

Organize online sales entities such as e-commerce platforms and supermarket distribution by launching the "2021 Online New Year's Day" and other methods to actively perform social responsibilities, give play to its own advantages, and unblock the terminal sales network.

Strengthen the supervision of sales entities of fresh and live agricultural products, and strictly prohibit hoarding and driving up prices. Once discovered, investigate and deal with according to law.

Caring for the wholesale market and supermarket staff, logistics and distribution personnel, give priority to the implementation of epidemic prevention measures such as vaccination, prohibit unreasonable deduction of wages and benefits, and protect legitimate rights and interests.

  The notice emphasized that it is necessary to comprehensively strengthen the market monitoring of "vegetable basket" products.

The agricultural product wholesale markets and key supermarkets in large and medium-sized cities such as municipalities, provincial capitals, and cities separately designated in the state plan have all been included in the national agricultural product market price information monitoring system of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the daily necessities market monitoring system of the Ministry of Commerce, as a normalized epidemic prevention and control "protecting people's livelihood" "Important monitoring indicators implemented by the measures, as an important indicator of the "vegetable basket" mayor’s responsibility system, implement the responsibility of submitting data to the territories.

All localities and relevant departments should strengthen the dispatching of the production area of ​​fresh and live agricultural products, the dynamic monitoring of market operation, timely warning of market changes, early activation of relevant plans and relevant measures, reasonable guidance of market expectations, and untrue or excessive speculation that affect the smooth operation of the agricultural product market Resolutely crack down on the behavior of the company to ensure a stable and orderly market.

All localities must earnestly figure out the types and output of vegetables in the field and stockpiles of livestock and aquatic products, and in view of the changes in the flow of people during the Spring Festival this year, scientifically study and judge the structure and demand for ensuring the supply of fresh agricultural products, and make preparations in advance.