China News Service, Urumqi, August 11 (Reporter Wang Xiaojun) "The market supervision department of Urumqi City has carried out law enforcement work to stabilize the prices of important commodities for people's livelihood, and will punish all kinds of price violations in accordance with the law." Director of the Urumqi City Market Supervision Administration On the evening of the 11th, Wang Songyuan notified three cases of suspected price gouging and disrupting the market investigated and dealt with by the city.

  (1) A supermarket in Shaybak District was suspected of disrupting market prices.

From 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on August 10th, the vegetables sold by the store obviously exceeded the daily profit margin, which was suspected of driving up the price of commodities too high; there was also the problem of selling expired food. The Urumqi Market Supervision Bureau has instructed Shayi. According to the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China" and "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China", the Buck District Market Supervision Bureau has filed an investigation into the supermarket's illegal activities, and plans to impose an administrative penalty of 100,000 yuan.

  (2) A vegetable and fruit store in the Economic Development Zone (Toutunhe District) was suspected of not clearly marking the price and driving up the price.

On August 10, all the vegetables sold by the store were not clearly marked. The purchase price of tomatoes was 4.8 yuan/kg and the selling price was 8 yuan/kg. .

The Urumqi Market Supervision Bureau has instructed the Economic Development Zone (Toutunhe District) Market Supervision Bureau to file an investigation into the store's illegal activities in accordance with the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China", and plans to impose an administrative penalty of revoking its business license.

Wang Songyuan, director of the Urumqi Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, notified the maintenance of market order to investigate and deal with arbitrary price increases.

Photo by Zhang Gan

  (3) A convenience store in Tianshan District was suspected of driving up prices.

On August 10, in the process of selling 13 kinds of vegetables such as potatoes and cucumbers, the store was suspected of illegal acts of driving up prices. The Urumqi Market Supervision and Administration Bureau has filed an investigation into the illegal activities of the store in accordance with the "Price Law of the People's Republic of China". An administrative penalty of revocation of the business license is proposed.

  The market supervision department of Urumqi also appealed that, in order to maintain market order and ensure the stability of the overall market price, especially to ensure the stability of the prices of daily necessities such as vegetables, grain and oil, meat, eggs and milk, if the general public finds that the community vegetable direct selling points are not selling vegetables at the limit price, etc. In case of price violations, please call the complaint number in time to report.

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