HK, Macao assured of safe produce

BEIJING - The central government has pledged to provide enough safe agricultural products to Hong Kong and Macao during the Spring Festival.

According to the Ministry of Commerce, from January to November last year, the mainland provided $4.95 billion worth of agricultural products to Hong Kong, a year-on-year increase of 32 percent. Meanwhile, it provided $240 million of products to Macao, an increase of 22 percent.

Wenjindu port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, which has seen the largest amount of mainland agricultural products bound for Hong Kong, witnessed 824,000 tons of fresh products worth $770 million from last January to November.