China News Service, January 19th. The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the 19th to introduce the situation of ensuring market supply during the Spring Festival and promoting festival consumption.
Sheng Qiuping, vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce, said that from the perspective of the business big data monitoring and forecasting platform, the current market operation is generally stable and orderly:
First, the market supply is sufficient.
The daily necessities in large wholesale markets and chain supermarkets in various places increased by 20%-30% compared with normal days, and increased by about 10% year-on-year. They increased by 6.7%, 6.4% and 2.7% respectively.
Second, the price is generally stable.
On January 18, the price of grain and oil was basically the same as a week ago; the price of meat fluctuated slightly, of which pork fell by 2.7%, beef rose by 0.5%, and mutton was flat; the price of poultry products rose slightly, with eggs and chicken rising by 1.9% and 1.2% respectively; Affected by seasonal factors, the average price of 30 kinds of vegetables rose by 9.2%, but fell by 5.0% compared with the same period in the lunar calendar last year.
Looking at the later period, the daily necessities market has sufficient supply and rich varieties. It is expected that prices will be stable during the Spring Festival.
Third, sales recovered steadily.
In the first ten days of January, the sales of key retail enterprises monitored by the Ministry of Commerce increased by 8.7% month-on-month and 2.5% year-on-year.
Sheng Qiuping emphasized that in accordance with the requirements of the Central Economic Work Conference to "prioritize the recovery and expansion of consumption", the Ministry of Commerce planned early on "improving consumption conditions, innovating consumption scenarios, creating a consumption atmosphere, and boosting consumption confidence", positioning the whole year For the "Year of Boosting Consumption", the theme of "enjoy the whole year and enjoy the benefits of the whole people" has been determined, and nearly 300 activities have been arranged in conjunction with relevant departments, localities and industry associations, so that "there is a theme every season, there are exhibitions every month, every week There are scenes".
During the Spring Festival, arrange the spring consumption season, focusing on the national "2023 Online New Year's Shopping Festival" launched in Guangdong on New Year's Day, bringing together a variety of activities such as "Time-honored Carnival", "Chinese Food Collection", "Ice and Snow Happy Shopping", etc. Under the premise of good epidemic prevention and control, with a wide range of festival goods and wonderful festival activities, let the people have a joyful and peaceful Spring Festival.
(China New Finance and Economics)
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