People's Daily Online, Beijing, January 29 (Reporter Zhao Zhuqing) On January 29, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control during the holiday. At the meeting, Ding Shuwang, the second level inspector of the Department of Market Operation and Consumption Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce, said that in order to ensure that the people have a happy and healthy New Year, the Ministry of Commerce will guide commercial circulation enterprises to open their doors during the Spring Festival, encourage e-commerce platforms and logistics enterprises to distribute goods and deliver goods normally, and advocate community and rural retail outlets to ensure certain business hours, Meet holiday consumption demand.

"For example, major wholesale markets in Shanghai are open normally during the Spring Festival, and more than 1000 farmers' markets, chain supermarkets and convenience stores in Nanjing are not closed during the Spring Festival," Ding Shuwang said.

In addition, Ding Shuwang said that the Ministry of Commerce will strengthen the organization of supply of goods. Guide and urge the commercial circulation enterprises to further strengthen the connection between production and marketing, broaden the supply channels, increase the stock volume, increase the frequency of replenishment on shelves, and enrich the supply of holiday markets. We will guide epidemic and extreme weather areas to be nearby, zoned and graded, jointly guaranteed and supplied, and ensure a stable supply of necessities. "Some large chain supermarkets in Beijing have more than doubled their daily stock of daily necessities in their business outlets in Fengtai area."

At the same time, reserve commodities should be put into use. Ding Shuwang revealed that recently, the Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, has put 2500 tons of central reserve beef and mutton into seven provinces, autonomous regions and cities, including Gansu, Ningxia and Xinjiang, and instructed all regions to organize the storage of daily necessities, such as winter vegetables, to increase the supply of holiday markets. Recently, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Yinchuan and other regions have launched the launch of reserve meat and vegetables. For example, on January 26, Tianjin launched 110 tons of reserve cabbage in 86 outlets in the city.

Ding Shuwang said that during the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Commerce will also prosper and enliven the festival market through online and offline promotional activities such as the 2022 Online New Year Festival, while strengthening market monitoring, information release, publicity and guidance, and stabilizing market expectations.