(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Market Merchants in Yiwu, Zhejiang to Fight the Epidemic: Small Commodities Are Continued All Over the World
China News Service, Yiwu, April 28 (Dong Yixin) "After I did nucleic acid sampling in the community, I rushed to the market to count the goods, and I was going to ship them to an Italian customer, mainly refrigerator magnets in the shape of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. , there are tens of thousands." On the 27th, Wang Yueqing, a merchant who has sold refrigerator magnets in Yiwu market, Zhejiang Province for 20 years, told a reporter from China News Agency on the phone.
Yiwu Market is one of the largest small commodity wholesale markets in the world, bringing together more than 2.1 million kinds of commodities, which are sold to more than 210 countries and regions around the world.
At present, this "world supermarket" is facing the challenge of the epidemic.
It is reported that a positive case of the new coronavirus was found in the local area on April 21 and April 25, respectively.
On April 26, the city found one positive case of infection in the previously designated lockdown area.
From 4 o'clock on April 26, Yiwu launched a level II emergency response to the new crown epidemic, requiring non-essential not to go to the market.
From April 27, all local villages (communities) will be under closed management, and a nucleic acid sampling certificate on the same day will be required for entry and exit.
There are concerns that this will affect Yiwu's small commodity exports.
Some commentators said: "If the small commodities in Yiwu do not go out, 'gifting all over the world' may become a problem."
A reporter from China News Agency learned that at present, Yiwu International Trade City, Binwang Market, Huangyuan Market and other markets are open normally.
At the same time, according to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, all personnel entering the market from April 27 must hold a negative nucleic acid test report within 24 hours in addition to temperature measurement, bright code, and wearing a mask.
"95% of my family's orders are overseas, and the sales in the first four months of this year are not bad." Wang Yueqing told reporters.
Like her, Ying Xiuli, a merchant who supplies "gift orders" to the world, said that the iron motorcycle ornaments she sells are also shipped normally.
"I just sent out a batch of goods agreed by Southeast Asian procurement, and the customer said that it will be on the shelves before this year's Children's Day."
"If you have goods and mobile phones, you can do business anywhere." Gui Haiqin, a merchant who specializes in wholesale water cups in Yiwu Market, said that as usual, his family will release more than a dozen new products every month, and there will always be "popular models". There are always sales in general.
"'Winds and waves' and 'fluctuations' are the norm in the market, otherwise it is always said that the market is like a 'sea of commerce'."
Earlier, the reporter learned from Yiwu Customs that in the first three months of this year, the total import and export value of Yiwu was 106.29 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 63.9%.
Wang Jian, secretary of the Yiwu Municipal Party Committee, publicly stated that the local area is fully mobilizing, mobilizing, and organizing, with rapid control and concentration of superior "forces", to cut off the virus transmission chain at the fastest speed and at the lowest cost, and keep Yiwu safe.
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