[Explanation] On November 4, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference.
In response to the general increase in vegetable prices across the country, Tang Ke, director of the Department of Market and Information Technology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that since mid-to-late October, the increase in overall vegetable prices in the country has narrowed, and the prices of spinach, lettuce and other leafy vegetables in many areas have begun. Significantly down.
[Concurrent] Tang Ke, Director of the Department of Market and Information Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Recently, vegetable prices across the country have indeed risen generally. The average wholesale price of 28 kinds of vegetables monitored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in October was 5.25 yuan per kilogram, an increase of 16.7% month-on-month and 11.7% year-on-year. This increase was larger than the same period in the previous year. In particular, leafy vegetables such as spinach and lettuce rose more significantly.
In fact, since mid-to-late October, the northern region has had more sunny and good weather, vegetable production has basically returned to normal, and the number of harvested and marketed vegetables will gradually increase. Vegetable prices began to fall significantly.
[Explanation] In response to the recent panic buying of grain, oil, rice and noodles in some areas, Liu Lihua, deputy director of the Planting Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, responded that China has abundant grain production and sufficient stocks, and the foundation for maintaining supply and price stability is very solid.
[Concurrent] Liu Lihua, Deputy Director, Planting Management Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Our country has abundant grain production and sufficient stocks. Even when the new crown epidemic in China last year was the most serious, the food varieties in the supermarket were abundant. The people at home are worried about rice and noodles. It can be said that you can buy it whenever you want. You can buy anything you want, and the foundation for ensuring supply and price stability is very solid.
[Explanation] Regarding the start of next year’s grain production, Liu Lihua said that as of November 3, 83% of the country’s wheat has been sown.
[Concurrent] Liu Lihua, Deputy Director, Planting Management Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
The continuous rainfall from September to early October of this year caused the soil to be too wet in parts of the northern winter wheat area, making it difficult to stubble and prepare the ground, and wheat planting was blocked.
However, after mid-October, the weather in most of the winter wheat areas turned fine, and many unconventional measures were taken to rush to harvest autumn crops and winter wheat. The planting progress was significantly accelerated.
As of yesterday, as of November 3, 83% of the country’s wheat has been sown, and the progress is slightly slower than normal by 3.4 percentage points, but the slowness has narrowed by 25 percentage points compared with the slowest period in the previous period.
Dong Zeyu reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Zhang Aolin]