China News Service, September 1st, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference on September 1st. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce of China, Shu Jueting, introduced at the meeting that according to the monitoring of the Ministry of Commerce, the supply of daily necessities in the country is generally sufficient, and the price Slight fluctuation.
Compared with the beginning of August (August 1-7), the wholesale prices of grain, pork, eggs and vegetables rose by 0.4%, 1.4%, 4% and 6.2% respectively last week (August 22-28). The price of mutton was flat, while the price of beef and fruit fell by 0.6% and 2.2% respectively.
Shu Jueting said that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, in order to ensure the market supply of daily necessities during the festival, the Ministry of Commerce will focus on the following aspects:
First, continue to strengthen the monitoring of market operation.
Continue to track the operation of the daily necessities market in various places, closely monitor the supply and prices of major varieties such as grain, oil, meat, eggs, and vegetables, and strictly implement the timely reporting system for abnormal market fluctuations.
In particular, for the spread of the epidemic and abnormal weather, daily dynamic monitoring is carried out in key areas, and the market operation situation is grasped in a timely manner, so as to do a good job in forecasting and early warning.
The second is to make every effort to ensure the supply of the festival market.
At present, local commercial authorities have strengthened the connection between production and sales, increased the organization and coordination of supply sources, smoothed the channels for supply guarantees during festivals, and guided commercial and trade distribution enterprises to increase the stocking of daily necessities such as meat and vegetables to ensure the supply of the festival market.
The Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments to release frozen pork and frozen beef and mutton from the central reserve in batches to increase the meat market supply during the festival.
The third is to do a good job in emergency supply guarantee work in a timely manner.
Commercial departments at all levels will strengthen on-duty duty, properly respond to abnormal market fluctuations, and ensure that the supply of daily necessities will not be out of stock and will continue to shift.
The Ministry of Commerce will continue to pay attention to the supply situation in areas affected by the epidemic and extreme weather, and organize cross-regional transportation and joint insurance and joint supply in a timely manner as needed, so as to ensure the overall stability of the market supply and prices of daily necessities.
(Zhongxin Finance)