All localities take measures to ensure the supply of vegetables in winter and spring, and do a good job of ＂vegetable basket＂ to ensure supply and price stability

CCTV News:In October this year, the prices of some varieties of vegetables in some parts of China rose sharply, and it was once more expensive to eat vegetables than meat. The rise in the price of fresh vegetables affected the consumer price index by about 0.34 percentage points, accounting for nearly 50% of the total increase. In order to ensure stable supply and price, a series of measures have been taken from the central government to the local government to promote production and smooth circulation. How about the price of vegetables in the near future?

Every winter and spring is the peak consumption of vegetables and other "vegetable basket" products in China. Driven by consumption, vegetable prices ushered in a high-level operation stage in a year. However, this autumn, due to the rare autumn flood and flood disaster in the northern producing areas, coupled with factors such as rising production and circulation costs, the average wholesale price increase of 28 kinds of vegetables with large market demand in October was greater than that in the same period of last year, especially leafy vegetables. The reporter recently found in interviews in many places that the prices of vegetable varieties with large increase in the previous period have fallen sharply in the near future.

Anhui is one of the advantageous vegetable producing areas in winter and spring in China. When interviewed by some local supermarkets, the reporter learned that due to the recent increase in market supply, the prices of vegetable varieties with a large increase in the previous period have fallen back to near normal levels.

Jilin is one of the main vegetable sales areas in China. The reporter learned from the largest vegetable wholesale market in the local area that the supply here mainly comes from Liaoning, Hebei and Shandong, and the recent daily purchase volume is around 2,000 tons, which is basically the same as in previous years.

According to the monitoring data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, vegetable prices have gradually stabilized with the increase in market volume.

Increasing area and capacity to improve vegetable supply capacity

In order to ensure the effective supply of vegetables in winter and spring, especially in New Year’s Day and Spring Festival, the main producing areas have increased the area of vegetables in the field, strengthened technical guidance and improved the supply capacity of vegetables. In China, the seven provinces and regions of "transporting vegetables from south to north" and the six provinces of protected vegetables in the north are the main forces to ensure the supply of winter and spring vegetables, and the area and output of winter and spring vegetables account for more than 80% of the country.

Anhui, the northern vegetable producing area, has used facilities such as winter fallow fields and rice seedling greenhouses to increase seasonal and emergency vegetable production. At present, the vegetable area in the province is nearly 5 million mu, an increase of more than 6% over the previous year. Chaotian is an important vegetable production base in Sichuan, a big province of "transporting vegetables from south to north". In order to ensure the vegetable production in winter and spring, the local farmers are provided with seeds free of charge, and an agricultural technology service team is sent to guide the whole process. In order to ensure the supply of vegetables, many sales areas have also continuously improved the level of vegetable self-sufficiency production. In Jilin, there are 45,000 mu of greenhouses in the local area, with a year-on-year increase of 7.1%.

According to the latest agricultural dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, at present, the area of vegetables in the country has reached 103 million mu, up 4 million mu year-on-year. It is estimated that the supply of vegetables will reach 200 million tons before and after the Spring Festival next year, up 7 million tons year-on-year.

It is unlikely that two "vegetable basket" products will increase their prices significantly.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs predicts that with the approach of the New Year’s Day and the Spring Festival, the price of "vegetable basket" products will remain high overall, but it is unlikely to rise sharply.

Since New Year’s Day and Spring Festival are the traditional consumption peak seasons of "vegetable basket" products, and the prices are generally the high points of the whole year, this year, the factors of increasing production and transportation costs caused by the sharp increase in prices of fertilizers and diesel will be superimposed. Therefore, it is expected that with the approach of the two festivals, the prices of "vegetable basket" products will generally remain at a high level. If there is no large-scale disastrous weather in the later period, it is unlikely that the overall "vegetable basket" products will rise sharply.

Take measures to ensure the supply of vegetables in winter and spring

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs also said that in the coming period, four measures will be taken to ensure the supply of winter and spring vegetables, especially the "vegetable basket" products on New Year’s Day and Spring Festival.

In terms of production and supply, we will pay close attention to key areas and main varieties, do a good job in the production of vegetables in the "South Vegetable Transportation to the North" base and facilities in the north, stabilize pig production, formulate and implement emergency plans for extreme weather in time, strengthen guidance services, and ensure market supply.

In the connection between production and marketing, we will implement the green channel policy for fresh agricultural products and guide advantageous producing areas and large and medium-sized cities to establish stable supply channels.

In terms of monitoring and early warning, the monitoring and early warning of the whole industrial chain will be strengthened, and information on the production, circulation, consumption and price of vegetable basket products will be released in time to stabilize market expectations and promote the balance between supply and demand.

In terms of responsibility implementation, we will strictly implement the mayor responsibility system of "vegetable basket", and urge and guide local governments, especially municipal governments, to do a good job in ensuring the supply and price stability of "vegetable basket" products within their jurisdiction.