People's Daily Online, Beijing, January 29 (Reporter Li Dong) As the Spring Festival approaches, every household is gradually becoming more enthusiastic about buying new year goods, and festival consumption in urban and rural areas has reached a peak. According to dispatches from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the supply basis for “vegetable basket” products during the Spring Festival is solid, the market is booming in both purchases and sales, and the total supply is guaranteed.
Stepping into the door of the twelfth lunar month, the flavor of the new year is everywhere. In Shouguang City, Shandong Province, known as the "Hometown of Vegetables in China," trucks transporting vegetables are busy.
"Thanks to the strong production and logistics strength of Shouguang's vegetable industry, we have a compact production base of 7,000 acres, with a daily processing capacity of 100,000 kilograms of high-quality vegetables." Sun Yi, the person in charge of a vegetable packaging company, said that since the twelfth lunar month, The number of orders across the country is increasing day by day. "Currently, the packaging is completed during the day and shipped at night. The next day, it can reach vegetable retail terminals in various places. The workshop production lines are running at full capacity to meet the holiday consumption needs of consumers everywhere."
A small "vegetable basket" is related to people's livelihood. Lei Liugong, director of the Market and Information Technology Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that at the end of the year, the supply of "vegetable basket" products such as meat, eggs, milk, fish, fruits and vegetables is a major concern for the people.
According to reports, in terms of production, in 2023, the national vegetable sown area and output will continue to grow. In late December, the field area was more than 78 million acres and the output was more than 21 million tons, an increase of more than 800,000 acres and more than 600,000 tons respectively year-on-year. Looking at the urban situation, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities under separate state planning and provincial capital cities attach great importance to the "vegetable basket", focusing on production, promoting transportation, ensuring quality, and stabilizing prices. The market supply is sufficient, the designs and varieties are rich, and prices are running smoothly.
While the purchase and sale of "vegetable basket" products are booming, the transaction of meat products is also on the rise. In the meat hall of Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market in Beijing, merchant Liu Yinghui said that the price of pork is relatively cheap this year. For example, the price of front and back tips is only 8.5 yuan/jin, and consumers can get a lot of benefits.
Judging from the data of Xinfadi Market on January 23, the recent average sales price of white-striped pigs has remained around 9.38 yuan/jin. "As the Spring Festival approaches, the average daily volume of pork on the market has increased significantly. The transaction volume has increased a lot compared with usual times, and the price has stabilized and declined." Xinfadi market staff said that the current daily supply of pork on the market has reached about 2,000 heads. , it is expected that pork prices will not fluctuate much around the Spring Festival.
"In the early stage, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has made arrangements for the 'vegetable basket' work during the Spring Festival." Lei Liugong said that in the next step, the focus will be on strengthening the production of "vegetable basket" products by reducing responsibilities, stabilizing production, strengthening supervision, and promoting docking. Scheduling, dynamic monitoring of market operations, timely release of supply and demand information, and stabilization of market expectations. (People's Daily Online)