The General Administration of Market Regulation deployed and carried out price stabilization and quality assurance work for important livelihood products and services during New Year's Day and Spring Festival

The Zhitong Finance App learned that recently, the General Administration of Market Regulation issued a notice to deploy and carry out price stability and quality work for important livelihood products and services during the “Two Festivals” period. The notice requires that efforts to monitor online and offline prices of important livelihood products should be stepped up, and that prices of necessities of life such as rice, noodle oil, meat, custard, milk, fruits and vegetables should be continuously monitored. Focus on online and offline prices for products and services such as New Year's Eve dinner reservations, high-end tobacco, alcohol and tea, culture and entertainment, etc., and strengthen price supervision in tourism-related industries such as catering, lodging, and tickets to scenic spots. Strengthen price monitoring and early warning of pharmaceuticals, coal, natural gas, etc. in cold weather, rain, snow and freezing disasters, and step up supervision of air and railway passenger transport prices and parking fees. Strengthen price supervision and enforcement, and carry out market price inspections, focusing on investigating and punishing price violations such as failure to clearly label prices in accordance with regulations, price fraud, and failure to implement government pricing and government guidance prices.

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The General Administration of Market Regulation deployed and carried out price stabilization and quality assurance work for important livelihood products and services during New Year's Day and Spring Festival

New Year's Day and Spring Festival in 2026 are approaching, and important livelihood products have entered the peak traditional consumption season. In order to fully ensure that the masses enjoy a happy and peaceful New Year, the General Administration of Market Supervision recently issued a notice to deploy and carry out price stability and quality work for important livelihood products and services during the “Two Festivals” period.

The notice requires that efforts to monitor online and offline prices of important livelihood products should be stepped up, and that prices of necessities of life such as rice, noodle oil, meat, custard, milk, fruits and vegetables should be continuously monitored. Focus on online and offline prices for products and services such as New Year's Eve dinner reservations, high-end tobacco, alcohol and tea, culture and entertainment, etc., and strengthen price supervision in tourism-related industries such as catering, lodging, and tickets to scenic spots. Strengthen price monitoring and early warning of pharmaceuticals, coal, natural gas, etc. in cold weather, rain, snow and freezing disasters, and step up supervision of air and railway passenger transport prices and parking fees. Strengthen price supervision and enforcement, and carry out market price inspections, focusing on investigating and punishing price violations such as failure to clearly label prices in accordance with regulations, price fraud, and failure to implement government pricing and government guidance prices. Supervise online trading platforms to implement the main responsibility for compliance management.

The notice states that it is necessary to step up online and offline supervision and inspection of food producers and sellers, and strictly crack down on illegal acts such as counterfeiting, adulteration, and false publicity. Strengthen food safety in catering services and quality and safety supervision of edible agricultural products sold in the market, and strengthen supervision and inspection of key regions, key varieties, and key targets. Strengthen special sampling efforts during New Year's Day and Spring Festival for bulk foods such as rice, noodle oil, meat, custard, fruit and vegetables, and popular holiday foods, and promptly publish information on supervisory and sampling results.

The notice requires that we focus on key industrial products such as building insulation materials, safety nets, safety helmets, etc., and fire protection products, and continue to investigate and treat hidden quality and safety hazards. Strengthen quality and safety supervision in production and sales of key consumer goods such as gas appliances, electric bicycles, children's products, power banks, winter heating products, cashmere sweaters, down jackets, fireworks, etc., and step up supervision and spot checks and routine inspections. Focus on production and sales enterprise clusters, wholesale markets, rural areas, etc., and strengthen supervision, spot checks and risk monitoring of food-related products such as disposable plastic tableware.

This article was selected from the WeChat account “The City Speaks New Words”, Zhitong Finance Editor: Liu Jiayin.