Wen wants vegetables sold directly to public
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October 2, 2011, Sunday
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Vegetable producers should sell their produce directly to urban customers so as to lower retail prices, Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday.
Wen inspected a fresh vegetable market yesterday in Beijing's Beihang community. The market opens on weekends to sell vegetables directly to consumers.
After talking with farmers selling vegetables, Wen said the best way to lower vegetable prices is to link producers and consumers. Farmers can sell their produce directly to supermarkets, schools and communities, so that they earn more while consumers spend less and vegetable waste is also reduced.
"We need to cut intermediaries and reduce vegetable prices, which both producers and consumers will be happy with," he said.
The Ministry of Commerce and the Beijing municipal government set up four weekend markets in early August to sell vegetables directly to people. The markets have been widely welcomed by residents. The Ministry of Commerce has issued a circular to extend the practice nationwide.
The Beihang market opened on August 6, and serves more than 4,000 households. It sells more than 5,000 kilograms of vegetables every Saturday morning, with prices an average of 20 to 30 percent lower than in supermarkets.
Wen asked officials from the Ministry of Commerce and the Beijing municipal government to adopt further policies to support direct sales of vegetables. He said support should be given to farmers in planting technologies, production equipment, transport vehicles and transport convenience. Rent and management fees in markets should be reduced, and there should be more vegetable farms in suburbs, he added.
The Consumer Price Index rose 6.2 percent year-on-year in August, far above the government's 4 percent target for 2011. Food prices account for about a third of the weighting in the CPI calculation.
Wen inspected a fresh vegetable market yesterday in Beijing's Beihang community. The market opens on weekends to sell vegetables directly to consumers.
After talking with farmers selling vegetables, Wen said the best way to lower vegetable prices is to link producers and consumers. Farmers can sell their produce directly to supermarkets, schools and communities, so that they earn more while consumers spend less and vegetable waste is also reduced.
"We need to cut intermediaries and reduce vegetable prices, which both producers and consumers will be happy with," he said.
The Ministry of Commerce and the Beijing municipal government set up four weekend markets in early August to sell vegetables directly to people. The markets have been widely welcomed by residents. The Ministry of Commerce has issued a circular to extend the practice nationwide.
The Beihang market opened on August 6, and serves more than 4,000 households. It sells more than 5,000 kilograms of vegetables every Saturday morning, with prices an average of 20 to 30 percent lower than in supermarkets.
Wen asked officials from the Ministry of Commerce and the Beijing municipal government to adopt further policies to support direct sales of vegetables. He said support should be given to farmers in planting technologies, production equipment, transport vehicles and transport convenience. Rent and management fees in markets should be reduced, and there should be more vegetable farms in suburbs, he added.
The Consumer Price Index rose 6.2 percent year-on-year in August, far above the government's 4 percent target for 2011. Food prices account for about a third of the weighting in the CPI calculation.
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