Xinhua News Agency, Chengdu, August 25th: Race for Life and Death, Watch and Help, Never Give Up — — Direct hit Wenchuan heavy rainfall flood debris flow disaster relief

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Chaoqun and yangjin

　　In the early morning of August 20th, due to the continuous heavy rainfall, catastrophic mountain torrents and mudslides occurred in Wenchuan County, Lixian County, Maoxian County, Songpan County and Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, in which 100% of towns and villages in Wenchuan County and more than 90% of the people were affected. Synchronized with the disaster, it is a life-and-death race of rescue and the mutual help of compatriots.

　　There is a kind of disaster relief called life and death race.

　　On the 20th, Feng Xiulan, an exhibitor from Nanchong City, Sichuan Province to Shuimo Ancient Town, Wenchuan County, who participated in the Food Shopping Festival, lived in a booth by the Shouxi River.

　　At 2 o’clock in the morning, Feng Xiulan found that the booth was flooded, and in a blink of an eye, the water soared from the ankle to the waist. No sooner had she lifted her 8-year-old child from the cot than the board and bedding were washed away. In desperation, Feng Xiulan and her family grabbed the doors and windows of the opposite shop and climbed to the roof, only to escape.

　　When the flood receded, a thick layer of sediment was deposited on both sides of the river in Shuimo Town, with the thickest part exceeding half a meter. A large number of plant branches washed down from the upstream were wrapped in the sediment, with a diameter of 50 cm. A large number of private cars were destroyed by floods, piled together, some stood upside down on the trunk next to them, and some were washed into residential houses.

　　In sanjiang town, Wenchuan County, upstream of the water mill, the river that originally flowed through the edge of the town was diverted because of the excessive water potential, passing through the city, flooding most of the town, and many buildings seemed to be built in the middle of the river.

　　As of 25th, more than 102,000 people in Aba Prefecture were affected by the disaster, 12 people were killed and 26 people lost contact.

　　On the night of the disaster, a full-time fire brigade of Shuimo Town and a group of seven people received the alarm and went to sanjiang town to rescue the trapped tourists. The fire truck was suddenly flooded just a few kilometers away. The 33-year-old monitor died in poverty, and Xin Yang, the captain, was thrown ashore after being swept by the flood for more than 3 kilometers. The six surviving firefighters endured the pain and searched and rescued the trapped people overnight. It was not until noon on the 23rd that Yang Xincai recovered from the grief of intense rescue and the sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms and ate some rice.

　　"The disaster is the order. We are the local rescue force. We are the most familiar with the situation and must stick to it." Xin Yang’s arms and legs were covered with scars. Because he had to drive a rescue vehicle, the wound on his knee had just scabbed and been torn open.

　　After the disaster, Sichuan Province and Aba Prefecture responded immediately, set up front-line headquarters, quickly formed an emergency relief system, organized rescue forces of more than 3,000 people including public security, fire fighting and armed police to put into disaster relief, and distributed 25 kinds of relief materials such as quilts (6,950 beds), rice (41.25 tons) and cooking oil (2.75 tons).

　　There is a kind of power called mutual help.

　　Disaster is merciless, and people are affectionate. Almost in sync with the floods, people in party member in Wenchuan and other places tried their best to help each other.

　　Yuzixi Village, Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County, was lightly affected due to its high terrain. On the day of the disaster, the village of more than 800 people organized nearly 200 people to go down the mountain and transfer the affected people nearby to the village. On the evening of 20th, more than 300 people were resettled in Yuzixi Village, and 14 people lived in the villagers’ homes at most.

　　"It was still raining, it was very cold, and there were many old people and children. If you don’t arrange well, you will definitely get sick." Ma Guihua, a villager, said, "I took out all the extra quilts in my house. When there was not enough room on the bed and sofa, I set up a wooden board to spread the quilts." Early the next morning, Murakami spontaneously set up a water mat to let the villagers who avoided the disaster eat hot meals.

　　After learning about the disaster, Yao Xiong, a 27-year-old boy from Xuankou Town, Wenchuan County, hired a driver, and the two of them drove forklifts and excavators for dry projects to rescue them. "Life is more important. I am a young man. If I need to go, I will go at once." After the Wenchuan earthquake, Yao Xiong knew the importance of racing against time.

　　"The villagers’ houses were destroyed and the fields were buried. It was sad to watch, and we also came up with a contribution." On the 21st, Yan Daijun of Wenchuan SF Express spontaneously organized a 14-person volunteer courier team to buy food, water and other living materials out of his own pocket, and rushed to the temporary resettlement site in Mianmian Town, Wenchuan County on foot to give warmth to the affected people, and to assist local militia and villagers to clean up the mud in roads and houses.

　　"Wenchuan is our common home. If it is difficult for everyone to carry it together, everything will be fine." Yan Daijun said.

　　There is a kind of warmth called never giving up.

　　August is the tourist season in Aba Prefecture. The sudden disaster caused more than 95,500 tourists to stay, and more than 47,200 people were stranded in Wenchuan alone, most of whom were elderly people and children who went to the mountains for summer vacation.

　　The state and county governments in Sichuan Province urgently dispatched helicopters and buses and organized private cars to evacuate tourists.

　　When transferring tourists is the busiest, Shuimo Tourist Passenger Station will transfer nearly 3,000 people a day. Zhou Jin, the head of the passenger station, once served as the director of Jiuzhaigou Transportation Management Office, and his rich transportation experience made him calmly cope with this tourist transfer. "In the face of disasters, all parties are very powerful. With a greeting, more than 40 buses of transportation companies will soon be in place." Zhou Jin said. At the passenger station, tourists get off the bus, wait for the bus, and then get on the bus in an orderly manner.

　　Gou Daming, 73, had lived in sanjiang town for a month before he withdrew. When he met the reporter, he was waiting for the bus to return to Chengdu at the passenger station. "We really panicked when we found that there was no electricity or water, but the government was very concerned about us, and the staff were very hard. Some people didn’t sleep for two days and nights."

　　At 12: 49 on the 24th, with the last pickup truck transporting trapped villagers entering the government of Gengda Town, Wolong, 96 tourists and villagers trapped in Yaozigou of Longtan Power Station reservoir area in Gengda Town were evacuated safely after more than 100 hours of joint rescue in the open space day and night.

　　"I knew you didn’t give up on us." Seeing the rescuers, some trapped tourists shed tears. By noon on the 24th, all the stranded tourists in the Wenchuan flood and debris flow disaster had been transferred to safety.

　　The strength of a political party is rooted in the hearts of the people. The key to a nation’s revival lies in its spirit. A strong nation should have a strong national spirit. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out at the National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work: "To do a good job in propaganda and ideological work under the new situation, we must consciously undertake the mission of raising flags, gathering people’s hearts, educating new people, rejuvenating culture and displaying image." The vast number of propaganda and ideological workers must consciously undertake the mission entrusted by the new era and make due contributions to promoting the continuous strengthening of propaganda and ideological work and the national spirit.

　　Hold the banner and lay a solid ideological foundation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out, "Doctrine is like a flag. When the flag is erected, everyone will have hope and know where to go." To do a good job in propaganda and ideological work under the new situation, we must hold high the banner of Marxism and Socialism with Chinese characteristics, arm the whole party, educate the people and promote the work with Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, constantly consolidate the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field, and consolidate the common ideological foundation of the United struggle of the whole party and the whole people.

　　Work hard to learn, understand and implement new ideas. Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era provides an action guide for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. To do a good job in propaganda and ideological work under the new situation, we must use this important ideological education to guide cadres and the masses and constantly improve their political identity, ideological identity, theoretical identity and emotional identity. Propaganda and ideological workers should set an example of learning to understand and implement Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, learn one step at a time and learn one step at a time, so as to be aware of it and use it freely; Take the lead and implement it, and be good at influencing and driving the masses with scientific theories.

　　Be good at explaining conclusions with economic and social development materials. Marxist classical writers have always advocated integrating theory with practice and opposed empty preaching. Lenin believes that Marxism can only be understood and mastered by the masses if it is combined with the realistic workers’ movement. It is emphasized that propaganda and application of Marxism must proceed from the universally recognized facts. Practice has proved that Marxism has provided a powerful ideological weapon for China’s revolution, construction and reform, and enabled China, an ancient eastern power, to create an unprecedented development miracle in human history. Propaganda and ideological workers should be good at using fresh materials of economic and social development to clarify this conclusion through the comparison between today and the past, China and foreign countries.

　　Dare to fight against all kinds of wrong thoughts. At present, China is in a critical period of economic and social transformation, and various social thoughts are competing to speak out. In these thoughts, right and wrong coexist, and advanced and backward are intertwined. Propaganda and ideological workers should deeply understand and master the laws of ideological work, comprehensively analyze and grasp the trends of social ideological trends, constantly enhance political discrimination and political immunity, take a clear-cut stand in upholding the truth and firmly refute fallacies. In the ideological confrontation, it is necessary to analyze things clearly, and strive to convince people with culture and reasoning; We should also dare to show our swords and resolutely fight against erroneous ideological trends.

　　Gather people’s hearts and gather great strength for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　To realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must unite China’s strength. Propaganda and ideological work is the work of being a man and rallying people’s hearts. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the propaganda and ideological work should adhere to the people-centered principle, in order to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　Explain not only the great achievements, but also the practical problems. Propaganda and ideological work should be good at combining the international and domestic situations, closely linking the changes in people’s lives and the examples around them, and clearly explaining the great achievements made in the past 40 years of reform and opening up, especially the historic achievements and changes that have taken place in the cause of the party and the state since the 18 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, constantly inspiring confidence and gathering people’s hearts. At present, some people use negative cases to make a fuss and draw some biased conclusions. The key to effectively respond to this kind of query and thoroughly explain the existing problems is to make good use of materialist dialectics, guide cadres and the masses to distinguish the mainstream from tributaries, the individual from the general, the phenomenon from the essence, and clarify the causes and solutions of the problems. Lenin once said, "If you don’t grasp the facts from the whole or from the connection, if the facts are piecemeal and randomly picked out, then they can only be a kind of child’s play, or even worse." To do a good job in propaganda and ideological work, we should describe the facts according to the facts, not only accurately report individual facts, but also grasp and reflect the whole picture of events or things from a macro perspective, as emphasized by the Supreme Leader.

　　Solve both practical problems and ideological problems. The effect of propaganda and ideological work should ultimately be reflected in the recognition of the people. Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out: "All the real life problems of the masses are problems that we should pay attention to. If we pay attention to these problems, solve them and meet the needs of the masses, we will truly become the organizers of mass life, and the masses will truly surround us and enthusiastically support us. " To do a good job in propaganda and ideological work under the new situation, we must take the people’s yearning for a better life as our goal, not only to help the people solve practical problems in their lives, but also to solve their ideological problems, so as to strengthen their confidence, gather people’s hearts, warm people’s hearts and build unity.

　　Educate new people and cultivate fresh troops for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　Adhering to and developing the Chinese dream of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is a long-term task, which needs continuous struggle from generation to generation. This determines that propaganda and ideological work should take it as an important duty to train new people of the times who are responsible for national rejuvenation.

　　Build a spiritual foundation with firm ideals and beliefs. In a certain sense, whether young people have firm ideals and beliefs determines whether a country can prosper. Ideals guide the direction of life, and beliefs determine the success or failure of a career. Without firm ideals and beliefs, it will lead to mental "calcium deficiency." To help young people strengthen their ideals and beliefs in propaganda and ideological work, we should strengthen the propaganda and education of Marxist theory, China history and world history, and the basic national conditions of contemporary China according to the individual characteristics, theoretical demands and learning methods of contemporary young people, so that young people can continuously enhance their "four consciousnesses" and always strengthen their "four self-confidences".

　　See the truth in attention, care and love. Winning the majority of young people is the key for a political party to maintain its youthful vitality. The Communist Party of China (CPC) has always attached great importance to youth work, and since its establishment, it has insisted on representing, winning and relying on young people. Under the condition of ideological pluralism and social informatization, to win over young people, propaganda and ideological work needs to make more efforts, pay attention to young people, care for them, show their true feelings, see the truth, give practical policies, encourage their growth and support their entrepreneurship.

　　Use real work in detail, small size and implementation. Comrade Supreme Leader pointed out, "Tao cannot sit on the table, and virtue cannot be empty talk. Only by exerting efforts in practice and working hard from the unity of knowing and doing can the core values be internalized into people’s spiritual pursuit and externalized into people’s conscious actions. " Propaganda and ideological work should strengthen education guidance, practice cultivation and system guarantee, strive to promote the integration of socialist core values into all aspects of social life, and guide all people to consciously practice. In particular, it is necessary to grasp the critical period of the formation of young people’s values and guide them to buckle their first buttons in life.

　　Promote culture and enhance the cultural heritage for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　The prosperity of a country and a nation should be supported by cultural prosperity. The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation depends on the development and prosperity of Chinese culture. In the new era, propaganda and ideological work should contribute to adhering to the road of cultural development in Socialism with Chinese characteristics and building a socialist cultural power.

　　Effectively enhance the sense of responsibility and mission of promoting culture. Culture is an important support for the survival and development of the nation. Realizing the prosperity of Chinese culture and building a socialist cultural power is the proper meaning of realizing the Chinese dream of great rejuvenation. In the face of the demands of social consensus on values and the people’s desire to live a richer spiritual and cultural life, propaganda and ideological workers should stand at the height of realizing the Chinese nation’s great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream and realizing the people’s yearning for a better life, and earnestly enhance their sense of responsibility and mission in rejuvenating culture.

　　Vigorously promote Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture. Socialism with Chinese characteristics culture is an organic whole based on Chinese excellent traditional culture, with revolutionary culture as the source and advanced socialist culture as the direction. To do propaganda and ideological work well under the new situation, we should take root in the fertile soil of Chinese excellent traditional culture and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture; Inherit revolutionary culture and give play to the important role of red cultural genes in cultural inheritance, integration and innovation; Carry forward the advanced socialist culture and play its leading role in value.

　　Constantly inspire people’s cultural innovation and create vitality. The prosperity of socialist culture requires both the spring snow and the Liba people. It is necessary to play a leading role in propaganda and ideological work, but also to stimulate the people’s cultural innovation and creativity. For social and cultural phenomena and popular cultural forms, we should adhere to the combination of meeting the needs of the masses and leading the improvement, adhere to the cultural consciousness to examine their advantages and disadvantages, treat their popularity and influence with cultural confidence, and strive to promote their healthy development.

　　Show your image and create a favorable international public opinion environment for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　China cannot seek development under closed conditions, but can only achieve win-win development through harmonious coexistence and benign interaction with the world. Propaganda and ideological work should show the world a true, three-dimensional and comprehensive China and create a favorable international public opinion environment for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　Strengthen the capacity building of international communication. At present, "reading" China’s economy and "decoding" China’s road have become an important international phenomenon. It is good that the world pays attention to China, but China’s story cannot be interpreted by others, and Chinese should tell his own story well. Since the May 4th Movement, the cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries have generally shown a situation in which western learning has gradually spread to the east, while eastern learning has gradually been insufficient. Now, although the information is well developed, foreign people still don’t know much about China, which is not deep or true, and they are easily misled by the media with ulterior motives. In recent years, the international communication ability of China’s mainstream media has been continuously improved, but the pattern of international public opinion that the west is strong and the west is weak has not fundamentally changed. Strengthening the capacity building of international communication is still an important task for propaganda and ideological work.

　　Tell the story of China well. In recent years, in view of the rapid economic and social development in China, some foreign media have made various interpretations. Among them, there are many misinterpretations and misunderstandings such as "China threat theory". In this regard, China’s propaganda and ideological workers made a timely and effective response. In the future, we should further clarify fallacies and distinguish right from wrong. At the same time, we should go beyond the practice of "smearing first and then whitewashing", improve the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of international communication, and actively tell the story of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s governance of the country, the story of China people’s struggle for a dream, and the story of China’s insistence on peaceful development, cooperation and win-win, so that the world can understand China more stereoscopically and comprehensively. Let the world know not only "China on the tip of the tongue", but also "China in academics", "China in theory", "China in philosophy and social sciences", "China in development", "China in opening up" and China making contributions to human civilization.

　　Interpret China’s ideas. Due to the differences between history and reality, system and culture, customs and habits, the development of China will inevitably go through a long-term cognitive friction, collision and adaptation process between China and foreign countries. It is undoubtedly very important to study the habits and characteristics of different foreign audiences, adopt concepts, categories and expressions that integrate China and foreign countries, and be good at interpreting and expressing China’s ideas to the international community. It is an important task and mission for propaganda and ideological workers to strengthen the international communication power of China’s stories, carry forward the cultural spirit that transcends time and space, transcends the country, is full of eternal charm and has contemporary value, and spread the cultural innovation achievements of contemporary China that inherit the traditional excellent culture and carry forward the spirit of the times, and is based on their own country and facing the world.

　　(Written by Sun Laibin)

Firmly implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand and accelerate the release of consumption potential-the operation of consumer market and the work of promoting consumption in 2020

2020 is an extraordinary year. Faced with the severe impact of the complicated domestic and international environment, especially the COVID-19 epidemic, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, the Ministry of Commerce has conscientiously implemented the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, firmly implemented the strategy of expanding domestic demand, coordinated epidemic prevention and control and consumption promotion, promoted consumption recovery and potential release, promoted the formation of a strong domestic market, and provided support for building a new development pattern. Consumption showed a steady recovery trend. In August, the growth rate of social zero total turned from negative to positive, and then it maintained positive growth for five consecutive months, showing the strong resilience and vitality of China’s domestic demand market.

I. Operation of the Consumer Market in 2020

The epidemic in COVID-19 has caused unprecedented impact on the consumer market. In January and February, the total amount of social welfare dropped by 20.5% year-on-year, the biggest drop since the reform and opening up. With the major strategic achievements in epidemic prevention and control in China, policies and measures such as expanding domestic demand and promoting consumption have gradually taken effect, and the consumer market has steadily recovered and continued to pick up. In the fourth quarter, the total amount of social zero increased by 4.6% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 3.7 percentage points faster than that in the third quarter; Consumption boosted economic growth by 2.6 percentage points, up 1.2 percentage points from the third quarter. The total social zero in the whole year was 39.2 trillion yuan, down 3.9% from the previous year, and the decline was 7.5 percentage points narrower than that in the first half of the year; The final consumption rate is 54.3%, and consumption is still the ballast stone for economic and stable operation. Mainly presents the following characteristics:

First, commodity consumption continued to pick up and the consumption structure was constantly optimized. The annual retail sales of commodities decreased by 2.3%, which was 6.4 percentage points narrower than that in the first half of the year. Among them, it increased by 5.2% in December, and it has been growing for six consecutive months; Among the 15 categories of commodities of units above designated size, 14 categories are growing, and the growth rate of 7 categories exceeds 10%, among which upgraded commodities such as communication equipment, gold, silver and jewelry, and household appliances are increasing by 21%, 11.6% and 11.2% respectively. Green, smart and healthy goods are selling well, and Guochao brand is sought after. The annual automobile sales volume was 25.31 million, ranking first in the world for 12 consecutive years, among which the sales volume of new energy vehicles was 1.367 million, an increase of 10.9%; The shipment of 5G mobile phones was 163 million units, accounting for 52.9% of the total mobile phone shipments; The sales of some e-commerce platforms such as large-screen smart TVs, large-capacity fresh-keeping refrigerators, sterilization air conditioners, washing and drying machines, disinfection kitchen appliances, fitness equipment, flowers and other products have more than doubled.

Second, catering consumption recovered steadily, and service consumption gradually picked up. The annual catering revenue decreased by 16.6%, which was 16.2 percentage points narrower than that in the first half of the year. Among them, it increased by 0.4% in December, and the growth rate rebounded by 1 percentage point from last month, and the consumption scale basically returned to the same period of last year; The catering revenue of units above designated size increased by 3.6%, which was positive for four consecutive months. The majority of catering enterprises actively responded to the impact of the epidemic, enriched and upgraded dishes, innovated online and offline business models, and accelerated the development of online ordering and semi-finished products take-out. The consumption of tourism, culture, entertainment and other services has gradually picked up. The number of national tourists in the "Eleventh" Golden Week has recovered to 79% over the same period of last year, and the degree of recovery has increased by 25.5 percentage points compared with the "May 1" holiday; The average monthly movie box office in the fourth quarter increased by 37% compared with the average monthly level in August-September.

Third, new consumption has developed rapidly, and online and offline integration has accelerated. Online shopping, non-contact distribution, live delivery, online education, online medical care, online entertainment, online fitness and other new formats and new models have developed rapidly, which have played an important role in epidemic prevention, helping to resume work and production, promoting consumption recovery and stabilizing the economy. In 2001, the online retail sales of physical goods reached 9.8 trillion yuan, up 14.8% against the trend, accounting for 24.9% of the total social zero. The express delivery business reached 83.36 billion pieces, and the live broadcast of e-commerce exceeded 20 million. China has become the largest online retail market in the world for eight consecutive years. Physical retail enterprises accelerate digital transformation, vigorously develop online sales and home-to-home business, and accelerate online and offline integration. Large-scale e-commerce platforms actively develop C2M reverse customization, empower upstream industries, and carry out flexible manufacturing to meet personalized and diversified consumer needs.

Fourth, the market supply has been continuously optimized, and consumption abroad has accelerated its return. The quality of domestic goods has been continuously improved, the import channels have been continuously broadened, the duty-free shopping policy has been continuously improved, and the epidemic situation has affected residents’ exit, so the return of consumption abroad is obvious. The annual import volume of consumer goods reached 1.57 trillion yuan, up 8.2% year-on-year, 8.9 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of imports; It accounted for 11% of imports, up about 1 percentage point from the previous year. Among them, the import of meat, jewelry and cosmetics increased by more than 30%, and the import of luggage and watches increased by more than 20%. Cross-border e-commerce retail imports continued to maintain rapid growth. Hainan implemented the new policy of duty-free shopping on outlying islands, and the annual sales of duty-free shops reached 32.74 billion yuan, an increase of 1.27 times over the previous year.

Fifth, the urban and rural markets resumed simultaneously, and some areas turned from negative to positive. The retail sales of urban and rural consumer goods decreased by 4% and 3.2% respectively in the whole year, which was 7.5 and 7.7 percentage points narrower than that in the first half of the year. The rapid development of rural e-commerce has promoted the steady recovery of rural consumption, unblocked the upward channels of agricultural products, and helped to get rid of poverty. From January to November, the rural online retail sales reached 1.59 trillion yuan, up 9.5% year-on-year; The online retail sales of agricultural products reached 359.35 billion yuan, an increase of 30.2%. In some areas, the total amount of social welfare in the whole year achieved positive growth, among which Guizhou, Jiangxi and Anhui increased by 4.9%, 3.0% and 2.6% respectively, while Chongqing, Hainan and Shanghai increased by 1.3%, 1.2% and 0.5% respectively. In other areas, the decline narrowed in different degrees, with the decline in Heilongjiang, Hubei and Shanxi narrowing by 13.6, 13.3 and 12.3 percentage points respectively compared with the first half of the year.

Sixth, consumer prices are generally stable, and the increase in food prices has dropped. Consumer prices rose by 2.5% in the whole year, down 0.4 percentage points from the previous year. The core price index excluding food and energy rose by 0.8%, which remained within a reasonable operating range. Grain production has achieved another bumper harvest, pig production has accelerated its recovery, and the increase in food prices has dropped significantly. In December, food prices rose by 1.2% year-on-year, which was 19.4 percentage points lower than that in January, among which pork prices fell by 1.3% year-on-year.

Second, the main work carried out in 2020

In 2020, the Ministry of Commerce will resolutely implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, firmly implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand, coordinate epidemic prevention and control and consumption promotion, and take various measures to promote consumption recovery and potential release. Mainly carried out the following work:

The first is to increase urban consumption. Deepen the renovation and upgrading of pedestrian streets, confirm five national demonstration pedestrian streets, and identify 12 pedestrian streets to carry out the second batch of pilot projects. In 2020, the passenger flow and turnover of the pilot pedestrian streets in the "Eleventh" Golden Week will increase by 14.3% and 19.2% respectively. Accelerate the cultivation and construction of international consumption center cities, and guide key cities to try first and explore actively. Efforts will be made to promote the branding, chaining and intelligent development of convenience stores. In the first three quarters of 2020, 12,000 brand chain convenience stores were opened nationwide, with a total of 167,000 stores, and sales increased by about 5% year-on-year.

The second is to expand rural consumption. Promote e-commerce into rural areas, expand coverage, improve the three-level logistics distribution system in counties and villages, guide and support large-scale circulation enterprises to sink the supply chain with the focus on towns and villages, and improve the two-way circulation efficiency of agricultural products into cities and industrial products to the countryside. In 2020, e-commerce will support 235 new demonstration counties and 1,338 counties, and 2,120 county-level e-commerce public service centers and logistics distribution centers and 137,000 village-level e-commerce service stations will be built. Improve the supply chain of agricultural products, support the construction of primary processing facilities and cold chain logistics distribution centers of agricultural products, improve the circulation efficiency of agricultural products and reduce the circulation cost.

The third is to stabilize commodity consumption. We will promote the introduction of policies and measures to stabilize automobile consumption and boost mass consumption, promote the development of the used car trading market, issue the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Management Measures for the Recycling of Scrap Motor Vehicles, carry out activities of new energy vehicles going to the countryside in conjunction with relevant departments, encourage qualified areas to increase the number plate of automobiles, implement subsidies for new car purchases, relax restrictions on pickup trucks entering the city, and release automobile consumption potential. In conjunction with relevant departments, we will introduce policies and measures to improve the recycling system of used household appliances, promote the renewal of household appliances consumption, guide local governments to carry out activities such as household appliances consumption festival and household appliances benefiting the people, encourage qualified areas to implement subsidies for green smart household appliances, carry out trade-in of household appliances, and promote household appliances consumption.

The fourth is to develop service consumption. In conjunction with relevant departments, formulate guiding opinions on the prevention and control of catering service epidemic situation, actively coordinate the introduction of tax reduction and fee reduction, rent reduction and other support policies, and promote the resumption and development of catering industry. Improve norms and standards, and resolutely stop food and beverage waste. Carry out a series of activities of "Thousands of Foods and Foods" to boost food and beverage consumption. Improve the credit information platform for domestic service, and introduce support policies with relevant departments to consolidate and expand the achievements of domestic poverty alleviation.

Fifth, innovation promotes consumption activities. Together with the Central Radio and Television General Station, the National Consumption Promotion Month was organized, and more than 3000 large-scale activities were organized in more than 200 cities. During the activities, the total consumption in the country reached 4.24 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.7% from the previous month. The second "Double-product Online Shopping Festival" was held, achieving sales of 182.5 billion yuan, up 1.37 times compared with the first one, driving the national online retail sales to exceed 430 billion yuan in the same period, up 20.8% year-on-year. Strengthen local experience summary and publicity, and guide all localities to do a good job in promoting consumption at the end of the year and the beginning of the year according to local conditions.

III. Work considerations for 2021

In 2021, the development of consumer market not only has many favorable conditions and positive factors, but also faces many difficulties and challenges. The Ministry of Commerce will adhere to the guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the New Era, thoroughly implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and the Central Economic Work Conference, base itself on the new development stage, implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, adhere to the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand, make efforts to open up blocking points, fill shortcomings, comprehensively promote consumption, improve the modern circulation system, effectively enhance the basic role of consumption in economic development, and continuously meet the people’s growing needs for a better life. Focus on the following four aspects:

The first is to improve the traditional consumption level. Promote the consumption of commodities, promote the transformation of consumer goods such as automobiles from purchase management to use management, deepen the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform in the field of automobile circulation, and encourage qualified areas to carry out the trade-in of automobiles, household appliances and furniture. Expand service consumption, develop community life service, boost catering consumption, and promote the upgrading and expansion of domestic service. Develop rural consumption, expand the coverage of e-commerce in rural areas, strengthen the construction of logistics sites in villages, encourage qualified circulation enterprises to sink channels, and support the construction of township business centers.

The second is to accelerate the cultivation of new consumption. Support traditional commercial enterprises to use information technologies such as 5G, big data and Internet of Things, accelerate digitalization, intelligent transformation and cross-border integration, and better meet personalized and customized consumer demand. Encourage the development of new consumption patterns and new formats and promote online and offline integration. Improve the new consumption development environment, improve relevant norms and standards, and strengthen the construction of the credit system.

The third is to optimize the consumption upgrade platform. Accelerate the cultivation and construction of international consumption center cities, steadily and orderly promote the pilot reform and upgrading of pedestrian streets, and create an important carrier to lead the upgrading of urban consumption. Create a new community convenience life circle, promote convenience service facilities into the community, and build and transform a number of convenience service facilities such as breakfast shops and vegetable markets to make urban life more warm. Run the 4th Import Expo and the 1st China International Consumer Goods Expo well.

The fourth is to improve the modern circulation system. Promote the construction of a modern commercial and trade circulation system, unblock the "artery" of the circulation network, open up the "microcirculation" of urban and rural circulation, further improve the circulation efficiency, reduce the circulation cost, and unblock the domestic circulation. Promote the integration of domestic and foreign trade, build a high-level open platform, improve the ability to make overall use of the two resources in the domestic and international markets, and promote the domestic and international double cycle.