The Ministry of Commerce responded that the supply is fully guaranteed
The Ministry of Commerce recently issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Maintaining Supply and Stabilizing Prices for Vegetables and Other Daily Necessities in the Market for the Winter and Spring", "Encourage families to store a certain amount of daily necessities as needed to meet the needs of daily life and emergencies. "This sentence has aroused the public's attention, and there are also some phenomena of over-interpretation.
Today, the head of the Department of Consumer Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce responded to this in an interview with reporters.
Zhu Xiaoliang, director of the Department of Consumption Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce, said that from the current situation, the supply of daily necessities in various places is sufficient, and the supply should be fully guaranteed.
The Ministry of Commerce issued a special notice with the purpose of urging all localities to strictly implement the "vegetable basket" mayor responsibility system, instructing commercial circulation companies to strengthen supply organization, smooth production and sales, purchase storage-resistant vegetables in advance, and sign vegetable supply agreements with bases.
In addition, the notice requires that the northern provinces must complete the winter and spring vegetable reserve plan for this year on time, and the southern provinces must establish and improve vegetable reserves according to their own conditions; timely release meat, vegetables and other daily necessities reserves to supplement market supply; make full use of the network of large-scale chain business enterprises Advantages to ensure the normal operation of the commercial supply network; timely release of commodity market supply and demand and price information to stabilize social expectations; if individual places adopt closed management measures due to epidemic prevention and control, it is necessary to promptly announce the source, address, contact information and other information of the guaranteed supply network to satisfy Residents’ purchasing needs for daily necessities.
(Reporter Bai Yue)