China News Service, Zhengzhou, August 7 (Reporter Liu Peng) In response to the current situation of post-disaster reconstruction and epidemic prevention and control in Henan Province, what about the market supply of people’s daily necessities in the province?

On the 7th, Henan officials gave the answer.

　　At the press conference of the Henan Provincial Government Press Office that day, Gao Xiang, deputy director of the Henan Provincial Department of Commerce, introduced that according to preliminary statistics on the most severely affected cities in Henan Province, the business sector was mainly affected by the underground parts of shopping malls and supermarkets, farmer’s markets, and warehouses. Flooding, damage to facilities and equipment, flooding of gas station refueling machines and oil tanks, power outages in cold storage, and over-watering in the cold storage caused damp and deterioration of the low-temperature food stored in the storage. The disasters are more serious.

　　He said that in response to the disaster situation in the field of commerce and trade, the Henan Provincial Department of Commerce formulated a post-disaster reconstruction plan, and systematically proposed a list of post-disaster reconstruction projects to ensure efficient and orderly progress.

　　He said that at present, the whole province of Henan has sufficient reserves of grain, oil, meat, eggs, vegetables, milk, and vegetables, and the prices are generally stable, which can meet the basic living needs of residents.

Compared with the previous day, the 72 varieties monitored by the Henan Provincial Department of Commerce had "28 up, 17 flat and 27 down" compared to the previous day.

In terms of major categories, the average retail price of fruits was 11.2 yuan/kg, eggs was 10.6 yuan/kg, up 2.8% and 1.9% respectively from the previous day; vegetables were 5.6 yuan/kg, aquatic products were 41.3 yuan/kg, and fresh pork was 31.7 yuan. /Kg, down 1.8%, 1.7%, 1.2% respectively from the previous day; grain 4.9 yuan/kg, barreled edible oil 16.2 yuan/liter, drinking water 3.1 yuan/liter, all the same as the previous day.

Some types of eggs and vegetables fluctuate greatly.

　　In the meantime, the Henan Provincial Department of Commerce mainly adopted relevant measures from strengthening monitoring and early warning, strengthening supply guarantee, and smoothing the supply of daily necessities.

　　For example, starting on July 21, Henan Province launched the Daily Necessities Daily to pay close attention to changes in supply and demand in the daily necessities market.

Comprehensively grasp the market supply and sales of daily necessities.

Through various channels such as the market price monitoring system, on-site inspection by the working group, and communication with the data reported by the supermarket, we can comprehensively grasp the price trend and discover hidden dangers in time.

　　At the same time, the Ministry of Commerce has established a joint guarantee and supply mechanism in five provinces including Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi and Hubei, to conduct work docking and cross-provincial dispatch, and arrange for large-scale backbone guarantee supply enterprises to strengthen dispatch.

Henan has coordinated trade and circulation enterprises to broaden their channels, prepare sufficient sources of supply, do a good job in the docking of production and sales, and focus on ensuring the supply of commodities such as grain, oil, meat, eggs, milk, and vegetables.

Supermarkets in various places increase the quantity of goods in stores and the frequency of replenishment for the convenience foods, vegetables, etc., which are purchased by the masses in large quantities, to ensure that they are kept on file and are not out of stock.

　　In addition, the Henan Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters yesterday (6th) issued the "Emergency Notice on Doing a Good Job in Emergency Transportation Services for Epidemic Prevention and Control", and printed the "Henan Provincial New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Emergency Material Transportation Vehicles" Pass".

For key people’s livelihood guarantee companies, local and municipal governments will coordinate by adding rapid nucleic acid test points in large guarantee companies to conduct free tests to ensure the normal operation of drivers and transportation vehicles of key enterprises.

The Henan Provincial Government has also issued a notice, expressly requiring all cities and counties in the province not to obstruct the passage of vehicles with Henan A and Yu V licenses that hold the "Nursery Market Guaranteed Vehicle Pass" and whose drivers meet the health conditions. If traffic is blocked, it shall be detected as soon as possible, dealt with as soon as possible, and notified to the whole province when necessary.

　　Gao Xiang said on the same day that strict control measures during the epidemic prevention and control period have brought many inconveniences to people's lives, but they are temporary.

He reminded consumers that the supply of daily necessities in Henan Province is guaranteed, please buy them in moderation, no need to stock up, and eliminate unnecessary purchasing panic.

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