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Wen pledges to stablize pork prices
www.chinanews.cn 2007-05-28 09:35:55
(Source��Xinhua)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (front, in white shirt) visits the pigsty of a
farmer in Sanqu Village of Xiwu Town, Xingping City in northwest China's
Shaanxi Province, May 26, 2007. Wen visited Shaanxi Saturday for an
investigation into pig-raising and pork market. (Xinhua Photo/Yao Dawei)
May 28 - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has asked local governments at all
levels to ensure the supply of pork and maintain market order amid rising
concerns over soaring pork price.
"We have noticed the recent rise in pork price, and the government is
going all out to ensure the supply of pork and keep it affordable," Wen
told a crowd in a supermarket during his visit in Xi'an on Saturday for
an investigation into pig-raising and pork market.
A resident of Xi'an in the supermarket told Wen they can still afford the
pork price for the moment, however they feel pressured from further hikes.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, in April live pigs nationwide
were priced 71.3 percent higher than a month earlier, and pork, 29.3
percent higher, largely due to tightened supply.
The price of pork in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, has risen from
14 yuan (1.8 U.S. dollars) a kilogram to 17 yuan (2.2 U.S. dollars)
within a few days.
In Beijing, the pork price went up more than 30 percent in recent days,
while wholesale prices in Shanghai has hit 16 yuan (2.1 U.S. dollars) per
kilogram, a record high for a decade, up 20 percent month-on-month.
The number of live pigs in stock in the village declined from more than
7,000 to more than 3,500 since the second half of last year due to price
drops, the head of Sanqu Village in Shaanxi's Xingping City, which
focuses on pig-raising, told Wen.
"Pig raisers kept making losses over the past couple years and they are
reluctant to raise pigs. This led to a marginal decline in population of
live pigs for the current year," according to Xu Lianzhong, a senior
economist with the price supervision center under the National
Development and Reform Commission.
The outbreak of blue ear disease, also known as POrcine REproductive and
Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), which caused many pig deaths and culling was
an immediate cause of a short supply, according to Xu.
Wen said the pig production and market supply of pork is directly related
to people's livelihood, and urged local governments to take relevant
measures.
Subsidizes should be offered to farmers who raise sows, the Premier said.
He also required the local governments to keep a closer eye on the
quality, price and quarantine inspection of pork to maintain an orderly
market.
Li Xizhen, head of the market monitoring department under the Ministry of
Commerce said earlier, "The Ministry will follow closely changes on the
pork market. National pork reserves will be used if necessary."
It would take about a year to resume the original stock of 7,000 pigs at
Sanqu Village, local farmers said.
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