CCTV News: On January 24, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the situation of ensuring market supply during the Spring Festival and promoting holiday consumption. According to the head of the Ministry of Commerce, the national daily necessities market was sufficient before the festival and the prices were generally stable.
The latest data shows that in mid-January, the inventory of grain, edible oil, pork, eggs, vegetables, etc. in 200 large agricultural product wholesale markets nationwide increased by different levels compared with the end of 2024; on January 23, the average wholesale prices of eggs and beef decreased by 1.5% and 1.1% respectively compared with the beginning of the month, and grain, edible oil, pork, and mutton were basically the same as at the beginning of the month.
In order to ensure convenient services during the Spring Festival, localities will guide commercial distribution enterprises to operate normally during the holidays, encourage key supermarkets to appropriately extend their business hours; promote agricultural wholesale farmers' markets, supermarket e-commerce, and takeaway express companies to "open as much as possible" to ensure stable market supply.
In addition, the Ministry of Commerce and other departments have launched the "Time-Brand Carnival" and the "National Online New Year's Goods Festival" and implemented the national new subsidy policy for mobile phones, tablets, and smart watches (bracelets) purchases to fully meet the consumer needs of the people to prepare New Year's goods and welcome the New Year.
