Chinanews.com, January 20th. The National Development and Reform Commission’s WeChat official account 20 news, approaching the Spring Festival, in order to protect the people’s holiday consumption needs, the National Development and Reform Commission has recently made further arrangements, requiring all localities to pay close attention to the market supply and prices of important livelihood commodities In order to ensure the orderly operation of the market, adequate supply of goods and reasonable price Stablize.

Various localities quickly adopted various measures as required to effectively ensure the supply and price stability of important livelihood commodities during the Spring Festival.

  The first is to do a good job in the connection between production and sales.

Tianjin's key wholesale markets and supermarkets have added 50 new backup sources of important people's livelihood commodities, and formulated separate plans according to 24-hour reach and 72-hour reach to ensure rapid dispatch to meet market demand; Shenzhen relies on its 674 city-level The core supply guarantee enterprises and 307 provincial-level key supply chain logistics enterprises ensure the stable supply of important livelihood commodities in the city; Wuhan guides key commercial and trade enterprises to strengthen cooperation with advantageous production areas, strengthen connection with e-commerce platforms, and expand direct production of important livelihood commodities Direct selling scale.

  The second is to actively release reserves.

From January 9th to January 27th, Jinan City releases winter and spring reserve vegetables, the total amount of which is not less than 18,000 tons, and the price is lower than the market price. For example, the price of Chinese cabbage is 0.39 yuan/catties, which is higher than the market price. About 0.3 yuan lower; Xi’an City released about 13,000 tons of government-reserved vegetables from January 13 to January 19, and the price was more than 10% lower than the retail price of corresponding vegetables on January 12; During January 27, 150 tons of government-reserved beef and mutton were released, and between January 7 and March 31, 10,000 tons of government-reserved vegetables were released, all at prices lower than market prices.

  The third is to carry out parity sales.

Xiamen City launched the first phase of the 2023 government price difference subsidy sales mechanism for agricultural and sideline products on January 1. 127 stores began to sell at a par price, and the price was 10%-15% lower than the average market price of similar commodities; Hefei City used the municipal-level Huimin vegetable basket Subsidy funds to ensure that during the Spring Festival, the prices of vegetables among the 20 varieties of Huimin commodities will drop by more than 15%, and the prices of other varieties will drop by more than 5%.

  The fourth is to reduce circulation costs.

Beijing will continue the policy of exempting entry transaction fees for vegetables and some fruits in the agricultural wholesale market in 2022 to attract foreign sources of goods to Beijing and stabilize market prices; Reduction and exemption will be subsidized by the government.

  The fifth is to strengthen market supervision.

Harbin, Lianyungang and other cities issued warning letters on market price behavior during the Spring Festival, requiring various market entities to fulfill their responsibilities, strengthen price self-discipline, standardize price behavior, and ensure a stable and orderly market operation; Changsha City launched the "New Year Guard (2023)" Special action to seriously investigate and deal with price violations and other behaviors that disrupt the festival market order.

  At present,

the supply of important livelihood commodities in various places is sufficient, the reserves are substantial, and the prices are basically stable, and the people's festival consumption needs have a solid material guarantee

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The National Development and Reform Commission will guide all localities to continue to closely monitor market supply and price conditions, and make every effort to ensure the supply and price stability of important livelihood commodities during the Spring Festival, so as to ensure that the people have a happy and peaceful Spring Festival.

(China New Finance and Economics)