China News Service, Beijing, April 28 (Reporter Chen Hang) Li Yi, head of the Beijing Municipal Market Supervision and Law Enforcement Corps, said at a press conference on the 28th that Beijing will carry out price enforcement inspections for new coronavirus nucleic acid testing, focusing on investigating and punishing "expedited" charges. A total of 1,822 nucleic acid testing institutions (testing points) were inspected, and 6 cases were filed and punished for non-compliance with government-guided price violations, with a fine of 547,000 yuan.
Affected by the epidemic, the prices of vegetables and other daily necessities in Beijing have fluctuated to some extent recently.
Li Yi said that the market supervision department in Beijing has attached great importance to it and acted quickly. With the goal of ensuring supply and stabilizing prices, closely focusing on the changing characteristics of the epidemic and the requirements for prevention and control measures, it has stepped up law enforcement inspections on basic daily necessities and anti-epidemic supplies. This means of supervision and law enforcement, resolutely cracking down on price violations, investigating and handling a number of cases, resolutely maintaining the stability of market price order, and escorting the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control in the capital.
Carry out the city's "special action to ensure supply and stabilize prices"
On April 25, Beijing held a work meeting on epidemic prevention and control of the city's market supervision system and ensuring supply and price stability, deploying districts to strengthen price law enforcement inspections in key areas, and severely crack down on hoarding, fabricating and disseminating information on price increases, and driving up prices, etc. Price violations.
At 10:00 p.m. on the same day, through the official website of the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau and the WeChat public account of the Municipal Market Supervision and Law Enforcement Corps "Fangzheng", the "Reminder and Warning Letter of Regulating Market Price Behavior" was released to the public to guide operators and relevant units to consciously regulate price behavior.
Li Yi said that in order to ensure a stable market price order, starting from April 26, the market supervision system has launched a "special action to ensure supply and stabilize prices" across the city, requiring all districts to focus on basic necessities and epidemic prevention that are closely related to the people. Market prices of supplies, focusing on checking the price behavior of farmers’ markets, community vegetable stores, convenience stores, supermarket chains and other operators and the price order of the surrounding markets in the control area, increasing the frequency of inspections, increasing the coverage of inspections and cracking down on price violations to ensure basic living in the capital The market price of necessities and anti-epidemic supplies was stable.
Focus on investigating and handling nucleic acid testing and charging "expedited fees"
Li Yi said that Beijing pays close attention to 12315 and 12345 complaints and reports related to daily necessities during the epidemic, and pays close attention to public opinion trends.
Since April 26, the city's market supervision department has dispatched 3,797 law enforcement officers, inspected 3,726 households of various business entities, warned 1,471 households, and filed and punished 15 cases of price violations in the sale of basic necessities, with a penalty amount of 24,000. Yuan, especially in the early morning of the 26th in Xinfadi, conducted an in-depth investigation into the excessive price increase of cabbage in Xinfadi and imposed penalties on the excessive increase in the price of masks in Chaoyang Dongfang Kangsheng Pharmacy. For other cases that did not meet the penalty standards, immediately interview and urge rectification. ; Expose 10 cases.
Beijing is also carrying out price enforcement inspections for new coronavirus nucleic acid testing across the city, focusing on investigating and punishing the issue of "expedited fees". A total of 1,822 nucleic acid testing institutions (testing points) have been inspected, and cases have been filed for price violations such as non-compliance with government-guided prices. Six cases were punished, and the fine and confiscated amount was 547,000 yuan.
Guide enterprises to consciously regulate price behavior
Li Yi said that Beijing has strengthened administrative guidance to Wumart, Yonghui, Carrefour and other large supermarket chains that sell vegetables and other daily necessities, preached price policies, and guided enterprises to consciously fulfill their social responsibilities, consciously regulate price behavior, and stabilize market price levels.
Market supervision bureaus in various districts continued to intensify inspections and issued warnings to merchants.
Chaoyang District guides enterprises to sign the letter of commitment, actively voice through the media, and positively guide public opinion.
It will be determined that price gouging is illegal during the epidemic prevention and control period
Li Yi said that the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation is working with the Municipal Development and Reform Commission to formulate the "Guiding Opinions on Determining Illegal Behaviors of Price Gouging During the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Epidemic". The behavior of the highest spread rate of 20% in the seven days before the 25th of March will be processed.
Further strictly control the price stability during the epidemic period; further strengthen communication with the commerce department, timely grasp the market supply and price changes of vegetables and other daily necessities, carry out precise law enforcement in key areas, key varieties, and key links, and work together to maintain a stable market price order.
In the next step, the Beijing market supervision department will continue to carry out the "special action to ensure supply and stabilize prices", pay close attention to the development trend of the epidemic and the hotspots of price public opinion, and quickly crack down on price violations that seriously damage the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and disrupt the normal market order. , public exposure, and resolutely maintain a good market price order in the capital.
Li Yi said that he hoped that the majority of operators would operate in good faith in accordance with the law, abide by the relevant laws and regulations on prices, and also advocate rational shopping among citizens and friends, not panic buying, and jointly create a reassuring and comfortable consumption environment.
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