Does the Ministry of Commerce encourage families to stock up on daily necessities?

Yes, recently, the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Notice on Ensuring Supply and Stabilizing Prices of Daily Necessities such as Vegetables This Winter and Next Spring" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), deploying localities to in-depth implement the Party Central Committee's , the State Council has made decisions and arrangements to ensure an adequate supply of daily necessities for the people this winter and next spring, and to effectively ensure market supply and stabilize prices.

One sentence in this "Notice" has attracted much public attention: "Families are encouraged to store a certain amount of daily necessities as needed to meet the needs of daily life and emergencies." Some netizens and self-media interpreted the "emergency situation" and believed that this "Notice" was unusual.

However, reporters from Jiefang Daily and Shangguan News found that this is not the first time that the Ministry of Commerce has issued a similar notice. The main purpose is to remind the public to increase emergency awareness. It has no special meaning and does not need to be over-interpreted.

Guaranteeing supply and stabilizing prices is the focus of the work

Relevant information released from the Central People's Government website shows that every holiday or important node, ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Commerce will issue notices , emphasizing the importance of ensuring supply and stable prices.

In addition to the recent "Notice" issued by the Ministry of Commerce, on February 9 this year, the "Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Commerce, National Health Commission, General Administration of Customs, State Administration for Market Regulation" Notice on ensuring supply and stable prices of agricultural products during the Spring Festival and the National “Two Sessions”.

On January 27, there was the "Ministry of Commerce issued a notice to deploy market supply guarantee work to ensure sufficient supply of daily necessities and stable prices", and on January 26 there was the "General Office of the Ministry of Commerce's Notice on Effectively Ensuring Market Supply During the Spring Festival" Work Notice".

On September 28, 2020, the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce on Doing a Good Job in Ensuring Supply and Promoting Consumption in the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day Market in 2020" was issued. On September 22, there was the "Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission" Notice of the Bureau of Grain and Material Reserves on ensuring supply and stable prices in the grain and oil market during the "two festivals" of the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day in 2020", etc.

The above content refers to Shangguan News-The Ministry of Commerce issued a notice to encourage families to store daily necessities? There should be no over-interpretation, and there is no need to blindly hoard things