Inflation in China, coupled with the outbreak of the epidemic, has led to high prices. In some areas, vegetable prices have risen more than 10 times, with even a single onion selling for 9.99 yuan (RMB, same below). Chinese Communist Party officials said prices will be “up first and then stable” trend, which netizens translated as “up and no longer down”.
China’s mainland is hit by a cold snap, the epidemic rampant, coupled with the traditional New Year stockpiling and other factors, resulting in food prices all over the way up, even half a day a price. People have said “can not afford to eat”.
In the northeast, as winter storage vegetables cabbage from the winter of 1 catty 20 cents to 1 catty more than 2 yuan. Changchun vegetable prices are ridiculously high. Changchun people reflect that the local cabbage has increased to nearly 3 to 4 yuan / catty, onions about 10 yuan / catty, peppers about 10 yuan / catty, and a single price of nearly 30 yuan / catty of cilantro.
Prices have soared not only in areas with serious epidemics. Anhui netizens complained that the cheapest local eggs also rose from 1 catty 2 yuan to 5 yuan, and the cheapest cabbage rose to 3 or 4 yuan. Netizens in Guangxi and Nanning said that the local beef was 60 yuan per catty, coronary 6 yuan per catty and the cheapest eggs were 7 yuan. Chengdu netizens revealed that local eggs are 8 yuan/catty, spinach is 16 yuan, chicken breast is 20 yuan, and cabbage is 22 yuan a piece. The net rumor picture refers to the rising price of garlic moss in Chengdu, and the latest news says it has risen from 42 yuan a catty to 50 yuan again.
Net rumors that the price of garlic moss in Chengdu has soared. (Web image)
A video from an unknown area on the Internet shows that a packed onion in the local vegetable market costs 9.99 yuan.
Not only that, prices are still rising everywhere, one day at a time, and some businesses are even selling while prices are rising.
The headlines reported that Ms. Yang of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, was buying vegetables at the supermarket on January 12 when the boss began to change the label and raise prices. A netizen posted on the 17th that her mother was buying eggs at the supermarket and was about to check out when the cashier answered a phone call and the price of eggs went up.
The netizen pointed out that local prices are rising day by day. (Web screenshot)
Just as prices were rising wildly, officials from the Communist Party of China’s central bank announced at a press conference on the 15th: “The price level will probably remain mildly rising this year, showing a trend of rising first and then stabilizing.” This statement sparked the anger of netizens. Some netizens ridiculed, prices doubled also called “moderate”? There are also netizens interpreted “first up and then stable”, meaning that “up will not come down again”, feeling more pessimistic.
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