[Epoch Times November 04, 2021](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Fang Xiao) After the Ministry of Commerce issued a document encouraging the storage of daily necessities, it caused public panic. Recently, there has been a panic buying trend in many parts of the mainland, and there are even scenes of citizens fighting in supermarkets.
The video shows that a large number of citizens put multiple bags of rice in their shopping carts. Some citizens bought 600 kilograms of rice at a time. Many supermarket shelves were sold out. Someone fell to the ground to grab rice….
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JiMu News reported on November 3 that in Qidong City, Jiangsu Province, many supermarkets and store checkouts lined up in long lines.
According to a staff member of a large supermarket in Qidong, customers have been rushing to buy rice noodles and other products since the afternoon of the 2nd. “Currently, there are not many rice noodles and other products on the shelves, and online orders are relatively hot, and supermarkets have not had time to replenish them.” She said that most of these customers went to the supermarket to rush to buy after hearing some news on the Internet.
She also said that when she went out on the morning of the 3rd, she saw that the rice in the small shop at the entrance of her community was almost sold out.
On the afternoon of the 3rd, a staff member of the Qidong Municipal Bureau of Commerce said that in the past two days, some citizens had bought 600 jin of rice at a time.
A staff member of a large supermarket chain in Bengbu City, Anhui Province said that as soon as the door opened on the morning of the 3rd, many customers came to shop, and the passenger flow was much higher than usual, just like during promotional activities. “Most of the people who come to shop are middle-aged and elderly people, and most of the items they buy are rice, noodles, grains, oils and other daily necessities. I heard from them that they all came here after reading the news about hoarding on the Internet.”
The rice on the shelves of the Chongqing supermarket was also sold out, and the supermarket was crowded with shopping citizens.
A staff member of a large supermarket in Shaping District, Chongqing City, said that since the afternoon of November 2nd, there has been a panic buying trend in the supermarket. Rice, cereals, oils, pork and flour are particularly in short supply, and some products are temporarily out of stock. This panic buying was mainly triggered by some people who were overly worried about the shortage of supplies after they learned of the relevant notice issued by the Ministry of Commerce, which has little to do with the epidemic.
A staff member of a large supermarket on Zourong Road in Yuzhong District said that since the afternoon of the 2nd, there has been a panic buying trend in the supermarket. Now the rice in the supermarket is basically sold out, and there is not much flour left.
A large number of consumers also snapped up foods such as rice, flour, oil, etc. in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province.
A Zhengzhou netizen posted a screenshot of her online shopping, showing that the things she buys are basically food, including rice wine, two packs of ten kilograms of rice, and four barrels of cooking oil.
Citizens of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province also rushed for daily necessities, and this topic rushed to the top rankings on November 3rd.
A staff member of a large supermarket in Zhonglou District of Changzhou City said that the supermarket is crowded with people, and hundreds of carts are not enough.
Regarding the local panic buying, the staff of the Market Operation and Consumption Promotion Office of the Changzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce stated that one reason was related to the notice issued by the Ministry of Commerce; the other was the local confirmed cases in Changzhou.
On November 2, the Ministry of Commerce of the Communist Party of China issued the “Notice on Doing a Good Job in Maintaining Supply and Stabilizing Prices of Vegetables and Other Daily Necessities in the Market this Winter and Spring” to encourage people to store their daily necessities.
This notice quickly swept the screen, causing panic among the people, and some even interpreted it as the CCP going to war and attack Taiwan.
Then, the official and official media issued a series of clarifications, saying that the materials were sufficient and the supply was guaranteed, but the people did not believe it. There is still a frenzy of people rushing to buy daily necessities in many parts of the mainland, and many supermarket shelves have been emptied.
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