Food supply stable in Sichuan, pork price won't rise, says minister

The supply of food and other goods in Sichuan province is stable now and business is expected to recover soon, the commerce minister said yesterday.

The delivery lines to some remote villages, however, has still not been fully restored because of blocked roads, Chen Deming said at a press conference.

Sichuan is a major pork-supplying province, accounting for about 10 percent of the country's total. But the price of pork in the country will not shoot up because the worst quake-hit areas are in the mountains and they do not supply a large amount of the meat to the national market, Chen said.