New Year’s Day holiday consumption is hot, and the market is booming.

  CCTV News (news broadcast): With the arrival of the New Year’s holiday, there is sufficient supply of goods in various markets, stable price operation and strong consumer demand.

  On the first day of New Year’s Day holiday, traditional Chinese New Year’s goods such as flaming lanterns, cartoon ornaments of the Year of the Dragon and red Chinese knots were put on the shelves in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, and the festive atmosphere attracted the public to buy them.

  The flower market in Qian ‘an, Hebei Province has also ushered in the peak season of sales. Colorful Phalaenopsis and flaming azaleas decorate the holiday market.

  Now is the season when a large number of citrus fruits are on the market. Regardless of the southern and northern markets, raked oranges, tangerines and sugar oranges have become consumers’ favorite.

  During the festival, local commercial departments also strengthened the market monitoring of daily necessities, smoothed the circulation links, and ensured the sufficient supply of various daily necessities. In Jiangsu, leading enterprises in circulation actively connect with the "vegetable basket" production base; In Anhui, launch a new round of "Huimin Vegetable Basket" fair-price sales activities; In Hubei, key commercial outlets extend their business hours to meet the consumption needs of residents during the holiday season.

  According to the data of the market operation monitoring system of the Ministry of Commerce, recently, the inventory of daily necessities in wholesale markets and supermarkets has increased in different degrees. Due to the influence of low temperature, rain, snow and freezing in the north, the price of vegetables in the region has increased, the price of eggs has dropped slightly, and the prices of other varieties are generally stable.