On the evening of September 13, Korla City, Xinjiang held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control.

At the meeting, Yang Songbo, deputy mayor of Korla, responded to the recent public reaction to the high price of "vegetable baskets":

　　Since the outbreak of the current round of the epidemic, Korla City has strictly strengthened market supervision to ensure the orderly and standardized operation of the market economy.

In response to the problems of high prices, difficulty in purchasing vegetables, and poor quality of some dishes, Korla City has formulated effective countermeasures to crack down on illegal behaviors that take advantage of the opportunity to drive up prices during the epidemic according to law, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

　　The first is to issue the "Reminder and Warning Letter on Market Price Behavior during the Epidemic Prevention and Control Period" through platforms such as Korla Zero Distance and Douyin, to remind and warn the operators.

The second is to unblock the channels for complaints and reports, and the third is to set up a special class for law enforcement to increase market inspections and inspections.

　　Regarding the recent situation that citizens have concentrated on the high price of "vegetable baskets", after investigation and analysis, there are mainly the following reasons: First, there are indeed very few unscrupulous merchants who take the opportunity to raise prices.

Second, due to the traffic control of the epidemic, the transportation and distribution of vegetables have been affected to a certain extent.

The price of some vegetables has risen due to the decline in the production of some vegetables in different seasons.

Difficulty in hiring labor, plus increased loading and unloading fees, transfer fees and other factors have resulted in a slight increase in vegetable prices.

　　In order to ensure the basic living material needs of the city's residents during the 7-day stay at home, the Korla Municipal People's Government, together with caring enterprises and brother counties and cities, gave free vegetable gift packs to the city's residents in batches. From last night to 17:00 today, Korla City has successively sent Sai to Sai. Bage, Unity, Tianshan and other 7 streets delivered more than 25,800 vegetable packs, 72 tons, for free. In the future, we will speed up the delivery as soon as possible, and deliver the remaining vegetable packs as soon as possible.

(Zuo Dandan)

Responsible editor: [Li Ji]