Chinanews.com client, Beijing, November 4 (Reporter Li Jinlei) Recently, many people have started the mode of food hoarding, and supermarkets in many places have been robbing rice, noodles and oil.

what happened?

Many people began to snap up rice, noodles, grains and oils.

"Why are you robbing rice and noodles now?"

  "What happened? Why are the grandpas and aunts robbing rice, noodles and oil?" "My grandmother saw that she was robbing rice in the community, and she bought 10 bags of rice in one go." "I went to two supermarkets and there was no rice." Yes, the rice grabber is the same batch as the salt grabber."

  Recently, consumers rushed to buy daily necessities such as rice, noodles, grains and oil in many parts of the country.

Public reports show that some citizens even bought 600 jin of rice at once.

  The staff of Wumart Group told a reporter from Chinanews.com that in the past two days, consumers have indeed seen concentrated purchases of materials in individual stores. The supermarket has also increased the frequency of replenishment, from 2 times a day to the current 4 to 5 times. Ensure that the channels are unobstructed and the supply of goods is sufficient.

  Why is everyone robbing rice overnight?

You should know that blindly buying daily supplies will not only affect market supply, but may also cause short-term resource shortages, affecting terminal prices and normal life.

Moreover, buying so many things and hoarding at home may also become moldy.

  The rush to buy rice, noodles, grains and oil is because many people "think too much" after seeing a notice from the Ministry of Commerce.

  The Ministry of Commerce recently issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Maintaining Supply and Stabilizing Prices of Vegetables and Other

Daily

Necessities in the Market this Winter and Spring",

encouraging families to store a certain amount of daily necessities as needed to meet the needs of daily life and emergencies.

  However, this sentence has been over-interpreted, and some people think that this sentence has an overtone.

The consequence of "thinking too much" is "buying too much", causing many people to follow suit and join the rush to buy.

Rice information map.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Xiaobin

Sufficient inventory, enough food in China!

  Soon, the Ministry of Commerce came out to clarify.

  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, unblock production and sales, purchase storage-resistant vegetables in advance, and sign vegetable supply agreements with bases.

  Moreover, on the whole, China's grain stocks are sufficient and there is enough food.

  Qin Yuyun, director of the Grain Reserve Department of the State Administration of Grain and Material Reserves, revealed on the 3rd that at present,

China’s total grain stocks are adequate and are at a historical high.

In particular, the two major rations of wheat and rice accounted for more than 70% of the total inventory.

  Taking wheat as an example, under the situation of successive bumper harvests, stocks have continued to increase, and it can currently meet the consumption demand for one and a half years, ensuring that "grain is basically self-sufficient and rations are absolutely safe."

  Qin Yuyun said that China’s grain and oil processing capacity is very strong. It can process 1.5 million tons of rice and 800,000 tons of wheat

every day. Enough for the people of the whole country for 2 days.

The picture shows the supermarket staff sorting rice.

Photo by Qu Honglun

  In addition, China's emergency protection capabilities have also been significantly enhanced, with more than 5,500 grain emergency processing companies, 36 large and medium-sized cities and fluctuating markets, all of which have guaranteed inventory of finished grain and oil for more than 20 days.

  From the point of view of sales terminals, some supermarkets are also well stocked.

Yonghui told a reporter from Chinanews.com that he would increase reserves of vegetables, fruits, grains, oils, meat, eggs, milk, daily necessities, and anti-epidemic materials, and stock up in advance to ensure sufficient supply of people’s livelihood commodities and stable prices.

During the four-month period from November this year to the Spring Festival in February next year, national vegetable purchases are expected to increase by 15% compared to usual; egg stocks increase by 15%; pork, beef and mutton and other meat stocks increase by more than 30%.

Be rational, there is no need to over-hoard food!

  In other words, at present, China's food rations are absolutely safe, self-sufficient, and worry-free.

  Under such circumstances,

excessive panic and blindly follow suit to "grab rice and oil" are unnecessary.

There is no need to snap up rice noodles.

  Bai Ming, director of the International Market Research Institute of the Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, told a reporter from Chinanews.com that the Chinese have always insisted that their jobs are in their own hands.

  "There is no need to grab rice and noodles," Bai Ming said. He doesn't object to ordinary people hoarding some goods. For example, office workers don’t have time to buy vegetables every day. It’s not a good idea to buy goods for a week at a time, but there is no need to panic hoarding goods, let alone listening to the wind. It is rain. Many things are hoarded. After the expiry date, it will cause waste and loss.

It should be stored reasonably according to the purpose and quantity, and there is

no need to overstock food to meet the needs of normal life.

  Therefore, we must remain rational and avoid blindly hoarding food and panic buying.

  "Did you finish eating the salt you grabbed back then?" (End)