Chinanews.com, February 16th. The Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference on the 16th. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce, Shu Jueting, said that in recent years, the Ministry of Commerce has actively promoted the construction of a convenient living circle, and has issued guidance and construction together with relevant departments. Guidelines, to determine two batches of 80 pilot areas across the country, to guide and promote the accelerated implementation of the pilot work.

Mainly carried out the following aspects of work:

  One is to focus on improving the supply facilities for community consumption.

According to the principle of "what is lacking, what is missing", one policy per circle, promote the filling of shortcomings in convenience service facilities, and improve

the business forms of basic life security and quality improvement.

"Standard and orderly return to people's lives, enriching aging services, leisure and entertainment facilities, and making residents' living and consumption more convenient

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  The second is to focus on promoting the scene innovation of community consumption.

Conform to the trend of diversified and personalized consumption, promote the better integration of various service functions such as the quarter-hour consumer service circle, the pension and childcare circle, and the leisure and cultural circle, develop a number of new business formats such as smart stores, and guide convenience stores and community supermarkets to " "One store with multiple functions", expand convenience services, promote new models of online and offline integration such as online ordering, store delivery, instant retail, etc., to create a new engine for consumption growth.

  The third is to focus on cultivating market entities for community consumption.

Accelerate the development of comprehensive service-oriented commercial centers and neighborhood centers, encourage chain stores to enter the community, support the development of community consumption promotion activities, and stimulate market vitality.

  Shu Jueting said that as of now, 80 pilot areas have built a total of 1,402 convenient living circles, involving 280,000 commercial outlets, covering 2,766 residential communities and serving more than 32 million residents. The distribution of commercial outlets in the pilot areas is more balanced. , the facilities and business types are more abundant, the market players are stronger, the service functions are more comprehensive, and the sense of gain of residents is constantly improving.

  "In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments to carry out a three-year action plan on the basis of the pilot program to comprehensively promote the construction of a convenient living circle and better benefit the lives of the people." (China News Finance)