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The secret to China's abundant supply of vegetables at reasonable prices is not the result of intensely competitive free markets, but a massive government program established in the late 1980s called the "Vegetable Basket Project" (菜篮子工程).

Instead of treating food as a speculative commodity, local governments are held directly accountable via a "Mayoral Responsibility System" to manage production, logistics, wholesale markets, and emergency reserves. Cheap vegetables are not an accident, they are a policy outcome.

This is how Socialism with Chinese characteristics works to ensure food security and affordable living expenses for its citizens.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b-Etss140BY

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202601/1353232.shtml

China recently announced further reforms to the hukou (household registration) system, allowing migrant workers to access social insurance in the cities they work in, regardless of the origin of their household registration.

https://socialistchina.org/2026/05/25/china-takes-important-step-towards-hukou-reform/

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