Zhengzhou: No Need for Panic Buying
At the 31st (6th in 2022) news briefing on COVID-19 prevention and control in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province, held on the evening of May 3, the overall plan on the fight against Zhengzhou's latest resurgence of COVID-19 was released. Meanwhile, local supermarkets and e-commerce platforms have gone all out to ensure the supply of daily necessities and made every effort to meet the needs of the residents.
Video shot on the morning of May 4 shows different supermarkets in Zhengzhou. [Video/dahe.cn]
"We have increased the frequency of distribution and replenishment," said the head of Yonghui Superstores in Henan, Yonghui is well stocked, so there is no need for customers to panic shop. "With an average daily throughput of about 200 tons of fruits and vegetables, Yonghui's stockpile is enough to handle residents' demand."
Zhengzhou: No need for panic buying. [Photo/Henan Daily]
The supplies of vegetables, fruits, eggs, bean products, flour products and fresh meat remain normal, so the public need not worry, said the head of Dazhang (a reputational supermarket group of Luoyang) in Zhengzhou. Fresh and safe supplies from Dazhang's warehouse in Luoyang will arrive in Zhengzhou every morning, ensuring that its every store is well-stocked.
Henan Zhongyuan Four Seasons Aquatic Logistics Port Co., Ltd., a national key aquatic product wholesale market, currently has more than 300,000 tons of supplies in reserve. Its storage ranging frommeat products, seafood, livestock/poultry products to frozen rice/noodlesis enough to meet the daily needs of the residents in Zhengzhou for more than a month.
Zhengzhou: No need for panic buying. [Photo/Henan Daily]
Wanbang market is currently stocked with about 450,000 tons of daily necessities, including vegetables, rice, flour, grain and oil, and now the transportation of goods runs smoothly, said a source from Wanbang. There are more than 7,000 long-term contracted merchants and over 50,000 short-term contracted ones in Henan Wanbang International Agricultural Products Logistics Park. With an annual transaction volume of 20 million tons of rice, flour, oil, vegetables and fruits, it has met 80 percent of Zhengzhou's demand and 60 percent of the province's demand. (Chinese source: dahe.cn Translator: Zhao Hanqing Poster: Zhang Shuting Proofreader: Ding Lan)