(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Fujian launches affordable stores to stabilize prices, major food prices in various regions fall
China News Service, Fuzhou, September 20 (Reporter Long Min) Facing the impact of the local epidemic of new crown pneumonia, Fujian's 9 cities and 1 districts have fully launched a sales mechanism for affordable stores to sell affordable products at prices lower than the average market price of similar products. Part of it is subsidized by the government.
Wei Mingzhen, a member of the Fujian Provincial Development and Reform Commission Party Group, said at a press conference on the 20th that as of today, 436 affordable stores have been launched across the province, which has better stabilized market prices.
Wei Mingzhen confessed that at the very beginning of the discovery of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Xianyou County, there was indeed a significant increase in the price of some food due to a large number of people's purchase of daily necessities.
However, this situation lasted for a very short time. With the active guidance of relevant departments, the "green channel" of emergency supplies was unblocked, and the supply of grain, oil, meat, eggs, vegetables and other major foods was sufficient and the categories were abundant. Putian local market prices rose for a short time on September 13 The price of most staple and non-staple foods is relatively stable and fluctuates normally, and the price of meat is still slightly lower than the level before the outbreak.
According to the monitoring of the prices of major foods in the 9 districted cities of Fujian Province and the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone on September 19, the prices of major foods in various markets in Fujian Province continued to fall.
Compared with September 13, the monitored 26 kinds of main foods were in sufficient supply, with prices falling 12 down, 11 up, and 3 flat. Among them: grain prices were stable; pork, edible oil, and fruit prices fell slightly, with an average of 500 grams of lean meat in the province 16.18 yuan, ribs 14.11 yuan, skin-on hind legs 11.18 yuan, ribs 29.27 yuan, down 2.6%, 3.8%, 2.5%, 1.1%, respectively, the prices of 2 kinds of edible oils dropped by 1% on average, and the prices of 3 kinds of fruits on average A decrease of 0.5%; the prices of vegetables, eggs, beef and mutton, and aquatic products have risen and fallen, and fluctuated normally. The prices of 6 kinds of vegetables have risen by an average of 4.4%, the prices of 2 kinds of eggs have risen by an average of 0.7%, and the prices of 4 kinds of aquatic products have fallen by an average of 0.1%.
Wei Mingzhen said that he will continue to guide and urge all localities, especially areas where the epidemic has occurred, to further ensure supply and price stabilization, and coordinate and cooperate with relevant departments to work together to do a good job in the production and scheduling of important livelihood commodities, organization of goods, logistics and transportation, and market supervision. , To ensure the smooth operation of the entire chain of production, supply, storage and marketing, to ensure stable prices with stable supply, and to promote stable supply with stable prices.
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