BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua)-On the 6th, the State Council held a press conference on the operation guarantee of the consumer market in the Spring Festival of 2018, regarding whether the prices will rise during the Spring Festival, whether it is difficult to travel and eat, and what cultural feasts there are during the Spring Festival. Many ministries and commissions said that they have taken measures to strengthen market supervision and let people live a quality Spring Festival with peace of mind.
Can online shopping be delivered normally during the Spring Festival?
In the past, everyone went home for the New Year, with big bags and small bags carrying a lot of things. Now many people shop online and do a good job of the New Year’s goods online. If they go abroad for the New Year, the New Year’s goods will arrive home earlier than people.
At present, major e-commerce platforms have launched activities such as the New Year Festival, and used big data to select and optimize marketable products during the Spring Festival. Wang Bingnan, Vice Minister of Commerce, said that e-commerce platforms such as Tmall, JD.COM and Suning have successively launched the 2018 Spring Festival promotion activities since the end of last year, and promised that "the Spring Festival will not be closed, and the logistics will still be delivered".
It is also reported that express delivery companies such as Post, SF Express, Zhongtong, Shentong, Yuantong, Yunda, Baishi, Jingdong Logistics and Suning all operate normally during the Spring Festival, but some express delivery companies will raise the express delivery fee during the Spring Festival.
Wang Bingnan said that it has entered the peak period of purchasing new year’s goods. Last week, the sales of key retail enterprises increased by 22% compared with the previous week, among which food, tobacco, alcohol and clothing increased by 25%, 44% and 24% respectively. The sales of e-commerce platforms also maintained rapid growth. At present, there are no major safety accidents in the circulation field, and the key business places are in order.
Will there be a shortage of meat, vegetables and other commodities?
Wang Bingnan said that at present, 29 kinds of daily necessities, such as grain, oil, meat and sugar, have been set up in the whole country, and 17 provinces in the north have set up winter and spring vegetable reserves, including megacities such as Beijing and ethnic minority areas such as Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, which can guarantee seven days’ vegetable consumption.
According to him, the average daily supply of pork in 36 large and medium-sized cities nationwide reached 30,000 tons, and the supply of vegetables reached 160,000 tons. The stocking volume of key retail enterprises increased by 10%-15% year-on-year, and the stocking volume of daily necessities in major wholesale markets and supermarkets increased by 30%-40% compared with usual, which can be sold for 7-10 days.
The Ministry of Commerce has established an emergency commodity delivery network covering 1,200 circulation enterprises, more than 640 emergency commodity distribution centers and more than 14,000 delivery outlets. In case of out-of-stock or price fluctuation, it will respond immediately and organize emergency transportation and delivery to ensure the smooth operation of the holiday market.
Will the price of daily necessities go up?
At present, China has set up 253 public welfare agricultural products wholesale markets and 5,291 public welfare retail markets, which will give full play to the public welfare functions of ensuring supply and stabilizing prices. By developing direct procurement and direct supply, reducing intermediate links and reducing costs, we will benefit more people. In the wholesale sector, the price of fresh agricultural products is generally 10%-15% lower in the public welfare market than in the general market, and the retail sector is generally 10%-20% cheaper.
Wang Bingnan said, we should strive to achieve the "three guarantees": First, we should ensure the necessities, and ensure the food, oil, meat, eggs, milk and vegetables that ordinary people need in their daily lives. The second is to ensure supply, to ensure that the goods can be supplied in time, and there will be no out-of-stock and broken files, and there will be no substantial price increase. Third, we must protect key areas, mainly densely populated large and medium-sized cities, freezing rain and snow areas, Hong Kong and Macao and other regions.
"Judging from the current monitoring situation, the market supply of daily necessities in various places is sufficient, and there is no out-of-stock situation in the rain and snow areas. Affected by factors such as increased consumer demand and weather, the prices of some varieties such as vegetables have increased compared with the previous period. " Wang Bingnan said that in the next step, we will closely follow the weather changes, strengthen market monitoring, forecast and early warning, guide circulation enterprises to further organize the supply of goods, increase commodity inventory, and ensure that the market supply is stable during the Spring Festival.
Will it be difficult to eat and the shortage of nannies happen?
According to media reports in previous years, there may be problems such as difficulty in eating and shortage of nannies during the Spring Festival. Commercial departments at all levels are actively trying to find ways and countermeasures. Liaoning, Tianjin and other places guide catering enterprises to open their doors normally during the Spring Festival, and appropriately increase business hours to improve the supply capacity of catering, especially New Year’s Eve.
"Beijing has launched a campaign to ensure the supply of domestic services, organized 42 large domestic enterprises, mobilized 50,000 domestic servants to stay in Beijing or go home to visit relatives at the wrong peak by raising wages and distributing holiday benefits, and will also introduce 10,000 foreign domestic servants to Beijing to effectively guarantee the demand for domestic services during the holiday season." Wang Bingnan said.
Wang Bingnan also said that 810 stores of 15 large chain catering enterprises, including Beijing Quanjude, Donglaishun and Cheap Square, were open as usual during the Spring Festival. CR Vanguard and other enterprises organize the teaching and training of New Year’s Eve, and introduce a variety of clean dishes and semi-finished ingredients, so that consumers can enjoy a table of high-quality New Year’s Eve in the shortest time and in the simplest way.
Spring Festival travel is worried about being "pitted"?
It is believed that many people will choose to go out to play during the Spring Festival. According to a survey conducted by the National Tourism Administration’s data center, China residents’ willingness to travel in the first quarter of 2018 was 83%, of which 48.9% tourists chose to travel during the Spring Festival.
Traveling in the Spring Festival, family travel is the mainstream, and it is hot in the south and north. It is still an important motivation for tourists to travel in the Spring Festival. 65.9% of the residents choose domestic long-distance tours, Sanya and Harbin rank among the top two domestic tourist destination cities, and island tours and ice and snow tours are the hottest. The characteristics of family tour in the Spring Festival are obvious, and 52.7% tourists choose family self-help tour.
Wang Xiaofeng, deputy director of the National Tourism Administration, said that in order to ensure a stable and orderly holiday tourism market, six "Sword Actions" will be launched in 2018. One of the actions is to focus on standardizing the practice behavior of tour guides in the light of the tourism market order around the Spring Festival, and severely crack down on illegal practice and forced consumption of black guides and other illegal acts that seriously infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of tourists.
Wang Xiaofeng also revealed that the supervision of hot tourist routes in winter will be strengthened, and a number of typical cases and uncivilized behavior records of tourism will be published in a centralized way, so as to play a role of shock and education.
Data Map: On February 2nd, "Bright Yellow River Bay Colorful Dalat-2018 Dalat Banner Winter Rural Tourism and Culture Festival" was held in Erdos, Inner Mongolia. China News Service reporter Liu Wenhua photo
What "cultural feasts" can I enjoy this year’s Spring Festival?
Material security and cultural prosperity. Yang Zhijin, Vice Minister of Culture, said that public libraries, cultural centers, museums, art galleries and other public cultural institutions at all levels will be open to the public free of charge as usual.
During the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Culture will also organize 42 literary and art teams to go to various places to carry out more than 200 New Year condolence activities, and carry out various types of condolence activities in old revolutionary areas and poverty-stricken areas.
Various public cultural service organizations have also prepared various Spring Festival activities. The National Peking Opera Theatre will present classic repertoires such as "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Lucky" and "Yangmen Woman" at Mei Lanfang Grand Theatre; China Children’s Art Theatre will perform the classic children’s drama "Little Jeep, Change" in grassroots villages and towns. In addition to opening two basic exhibitions of "Ancient China" and "Road to Rejuvenation" and nearly 20 exhibitions of "Ancient Jade Art in China", the National Museum will also hold a new chapter of the 1898 Movement — — Guobo Spring Festival Exhibition and other exhibitions. The National Library will carry out various activities such as the curator’s New Year greetings and "watching the Yongle Grand Ceremony for the New Year of 1898". (End)