[Explanation] As the Spring Festival is approaching, New Year pictures, calendars, Spring Festival couplets, lanterns and other New Year supplies have entered the peak sales season. Under the influence of the epidemic, how is the market this year? The reporter visited several professional markets in Zhejiang Province to understand the situation.

　　Entering Yiwu International Trade City, it is like a red world, with lanterns, New Year pictures and couplets full of New Year flavors. Many merchants in the interview said that their business is still very good this year, and their products are sold all over the country. The supplies have gradually become diversified, and they have designed more styles and richer colors for this purpose.

　　[Concurrent] Yiwu Merchant Gong Meiyun

　　We have buyers from all over the country, especially in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Northeast China.

　　[Concurrent] Yiwu Merchant Xu Dongcun

　　Purchasing is also getting younger now, so in terms of craftsmanship, like our (traditional) Chinese New Year, it is prosperous. You say that the character of blessing is red, and the Spring Festival couplets have gold characters and black characters. For example, now we are doing some zodiac color effects. , we used a variety of colors, such as heat transfer on the couplets, for example, some are colored, purple, and green, so people like it are more like it, because after all, it has all kinds of colors, although flowers Qiao still feels beautiful.

　　[Explanation] Lou Baojuan, president of the Yiwu New Year's Picture Calendar Couplet Industry Chamber of Commerce, told reporters that more than 80% of the New Year's pictures, couplets and other Spring Festival supplies all over the country come from Yiwu. There are also many overseas customers this year, and the market is bright.

　　[Concurrent period] Lou Baojuan, President of Yiwu New Year's Picture Wall Calendar Couplet Industry Chamber of Commerce

　　There are New Year pictures produced by our Yiwu in almost every corner of China. There are many overseas customers. We include Southeast Asia. Many supermarkets buy from us. There are also many in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. We produce in Yiwu almost wherever there are Chinese. New Year's picture.

Because the epidemic broke out all over the country, and when the epidemic occurred there, many customers also had ideas in their hearts. I entered a little more and a little less, but once the epidemic was over, everyone's sales enthusiasm was very high, and they all called in. I am going to ship this and that is going to be shipped, so this year's market is very good.

　　[Explanation] The reporter learned from the Shaoxing market that lanterns are the best-selling among the local New Year supplies, but due to the impact of the epidemic, their business has been significantly impacted.

Zhang Chunyan, a merchant who is reluctant to appear on the scene, told reporters that compared with previous years, this year, there have been chargebacks among customers such as enterprises, institutions, and supermarkets, and the decline in turnover is also more obvious.

　　[Concurrent] Shaoxing merchant Zhang Chunyan

　　Now they are mainly some institutions, their annual meeting is not to be held, (the food and beverage is also affected), they are not to do anything for some New Year's Eve dinners, and the decoration is not to be decorated.

Usually during the New Year, we usually have a minimum (one day) turnover of more than 8,000, 9,000, or more than 10,000. At this time, there are only 2, 3, 3, 4, 000, that is, 3, 4, 000, which is already very good.

　　Reported by Shen Yishan and Dong Yixin from Zhejiang

Responsible editor: [Meng Xiangjun]