China News Service, June 9th. According to the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, recently, with the approval of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance and other departments jointly issued the "Improving the Government’s Pork Reserve Regulation Mechanism and Doing a Good Job in Maintaining Supply and Stabilizing Prices in the Pork Market." Hereinafter referred to as the "plan").
The head of the relevant department of the National Development and Reform Commission said in response to reporters that as of the end of April this year, the number of reproductive sows in the country has returned to 97.6% of the normal year. The relevant parties predict that the number of pigs for slaughter in the second half of this year is expected to return to the normal level.
As production capacity continues to recover, prices of live pigs and pork are expected to continue to return to a reasonable level.
At the same time, the scale, standardization and biosafety protection level of pig breeding have been significantly improved compared with the past.
Data map: On February 22, staff were sorting pork for sale in a supermarket in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Yun
The "Preplan" clearly proposes a series of work arrangements around the promotion of monitoring and early warning, reserve adjustment, and policy coordination.
One is monitoring and early warning.
It mainly selects the price ratio of pigs and food, the rate of change in the stock of reproductive sows, and the average retail price of lean meat in 36 large and medium-sized cities as early warning indicators, distinguishes between excessive decline and excessive rise, and reasonably determines the threshold of early warning indicators and establishes Three-level early warning interval.
The second is reserve adjustment.
It mainly distinguishes between conventional reserves and temporary reserves, and provides response measures such as purchase, storage and release based on different early warning situations.
The third is policy coordination.
The main purpose is to further consolidate the main responsibilities of local governments, strengthen production self-sufficiency, and coordinated measures in the cold chain logistics system, and consolidate the foundation for maintaining supply and stable prices in the pork market.
The "Preplan" emphasizes that it is necessary to strengthen the coordination of the central government, departments, government and enterprises, adhere to the combination of goal-oriented and problem-oriented, strengthen funding guarantees, and effectively ensure the sound operation of the government's pork reserve adjustment mechanism, so as to better achieve stable pig production and supply and the pork market The price target.