This year's Mid -Autumn Festival, the Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs you bought may be fake

Satar crabs are generally divided into three categories

Study abroad crabs, bath crabs, OEM crabs

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This year's Mid -Autumn Festival, Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs may not be seen.

As the high temperature of the Yangtze River Basin this year, it has affected the growth of hairy crabs. Suzhou Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Industry Association stated that it is expected that Yangcheng Lake hairy crab is expected around September 23.

Hairy crab market is postponed, and the Mid -Autumn Festival is superimposed, resulting in the price of hairy crabs this year. An Jiangsu hairy crab wholesaler said the price increased by about one -third from previous years.

It is worth noting that Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, which have not yet opened the net, can be bought on the market. In fact, the real Yangcheng Lake hairy crab has already reached the point of "one crab is difficult to find". The probability of eating authentic goods may not even be 1%.

High temperature leads to hairy crab market delay

When the Mid -Autumn Festival is approaching, it is not easy to achieve "hairy crab freedom" this year.

Lao Hu (pseudonym) is a hairy crab wholesaler in Gaochun, Jiangsu, and can sell millions of pounds of hairy crabs a year. He told China News Weekly that the price of hairy crabs this year has risen sharply. Compared with last year, one -third is expensive, and the bigger the price, the rigid. In his opinion, the reason why hairy crabs are "walking" this year are because of the early Mid -Autumn Festival (September 10), and on the other hand, because of the high temperature weather a while ago, the listing of hairy crabs was delayed.

Jiangsu is the main place of hairy crabs in my country, and its output accounts for about half of the country. The "Analysis Report of China's Hairy Crab Industry in 2021" provided by the Guanyan Report Network shows that in the main producing areas of my country's hairy crabs, Gucheng Lake, Hongze Lake, Taihu, Gaoyou Lake, and Yangcheng Lake production areas are all in Jiangsu. The total output accounts for about the country. 44%.

Jiangsu is the main origin of my country's hairy crabs. Picture/China News Agency reporter Ying Bo Photo

This summer, Jiangsu appeared in three rounds of high temperature weather: June 16-22, the area between Huaibei and Jianghuai, the highest temperature was 36.1-39.4 ° C; on July 8-15 41.3 ℃; August 2-23, the highest temperature in Jiangsu Province was 36.2-40.8 ℃.

Ma Xuzhou, an associate professor at the School of Fisheries and Life of Shanghai Ocean University, told China News Weekly that hairy crabs generally needed 5 molten shells to enter the maturity period, while Jiangsu's high -temperature weather this year coincides with important stages of hairy crabs from the 3rd to 4 times. "The molten shell is related to the growth of hairy crabs. Every time the shell means the previous step, the weight after molting is basically twice the original."

Zhang Jianlong, the person in charge of Changshu Jintang Aquatic Products Co., Ltd., said that the average specifications of hairy crabs in the previous peak season can reach 4 two, which may be only 3.5 two this year. "Overall, this year our company's hairy crab production will decrease by 20%."

Ma Xuzhou further explained: "On the one hand, hairy crabs need to be appropriate temperature. Generally speaking, female crabs are molted below 31 ° C, and male crabs are molted below 28 ° C. On the other hand The feeding of hairy crabs will also decrease, and it may not even eat more than 35 ° C. And the molten shell requires energy, how can hairy crabs have no energy molting? "

Excessive water temperature may also cause hairy crabs to die. Ma Xuzhou said that high temperature can cause hypoxia in the body. If it is not artificially oxygen, it will cause hairy crabs to die at high temperature and hypoxia, causing huge losses to farmers. The survey report on fishery production aquatic products in Jiangsu Province in Jiangsu Province shows that high-temperature and drought disasters in various parts of the province this year are not optimistic.

Yao Shuisheng, director of the news office of the Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Industry Association in Suzhou City, told China News Weekly that at present, farmers in Yangcheng Lake are actively developing oxygen and grass, and adding supplements to hairy crab vitamin C and other nutrients. He predicts that this year Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs will be around September 23. "As for the last growth and output of hairy crabs, it depends on the final molting, weather and management of this time."

Yangcheng Lake has not been arrested but can be bought

However, it is interesting that although Yangcheng Lake has not yet been arrested, the hairy crabs on the market are abound.

Although the arrest has not yet been arrested, the e -commerce platform has been filled with "Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab". Figure/A certain e -commerce platform

As a consumer, China News Weekly randomly consulted 10 merchants with the banner of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs on a certain e -commerce platform. Four of them said that they could pick up the goods before the 23rd, and a family even said that there is currently stock. When asked if it was true Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, except for a crab merchant admitting that it was a hairy crab in Yangcheng Lake Town, the rest of them said that they were true, and there were "anti -counterfeit crab buckles".

What crab is "Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab"? Yao Shuisheng said that in April 2020, Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs were certified by the national agricultural product geographical indication. Within 516.04 square kilometers along the Lake area of ​​Yangcheng Lake, whether it is the hairy crab of the hairy crabs of the Huili enclosure or the high standard pond along the lake, it can be called It is "Yangcheng Lake hairy crab". Last year, the total output of hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake was 10940 tons, of which 1575 tons in the surrounding network of the lake area, and the output of high standard transformation ponds was 9365 tons.

In order to protect the brand of "Yangcheng Lake", each hairy crab from Yangcheng Lake will have exclusive anti -counterfeiting special signs, commonly known as "anti -counterfeit crab buckle", which can be used to understand the positive body. However, Yao Shuisheng said that this year's "anti -counterfeit crab buckle" will not be distributed until the day of the arrest. In fact, the hairy crabs of the counterfeit Yangcheng Lake have become popular in the market in recent years.

According to information provided by China Merchants Securities, the sales of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs in 2017 were about 30 billion yuan, accounting for 40%of the total hairy crab sales of all brands. However, the real output of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs at the same time was only 1,500 tons, and the market value was about 300 million yuan. According to this data, nearly 99%of the "Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs" are not genuine. So what crab is these 99%hairy crabs?

Lao Hu told China News Weekly that these counterfeit crabs are generally divided into three categories: "studying abroad crabs" -the large hairy crabs that have grown to 70 % or 80 % of the large fields, put them in Yangcheng Lake for a while, and then put them on the market; "Bathing crab "—— Put the foreign hairy crabs near the listing on the eve of the listing, put it in Yangcheng Lake to" pass the water once ", and then play the banner of" Yangcheng Lake "for sale; Paste the fake Yangcheng Lake trademarks and crab buckles directly to foreign crabs.

The reason behind it is that as long as it is labeled with Yangcheng Lake, the value of the hairy crabs will rise. According to Lao Hu, taking the price on September 5 as an example, the acquisition price of the local crabs of Gucheng Lake is more than 90 yuan/catties, while Yangcheng Lake is as high as 120-130 yuan/jin.

In order to rectify the chaos in the hairy crab market in Yangcheng Lake, in recent years, relevant local departments and associations have continuously increased their counterfeiting. In January of this year, Shanghai Bonding Trading Co., Ltd., a crab champion affiliated company, was fined 980,000 yuan for false propaganda. After investigation, the company's hairy crabs were purchased from Jianhu hairy crabs purchased from the Jiangsu Lake area, and their propaganda was called Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.

Even so, in the online and offline hairy crabs, the hairy crabs under the banner of Yangcheng Lake are still common, and even the crab buckle has become a counterfeit product. According to reports, not only the two -dimensional code and anti -counterfeiting are all available on the fake crab buckle, but also a special website for inquiry to call the 400 after -sales telephone line. There is really a customer service to answer it.

"Paper crab" deeper than Yangcheng Lake water

Despite the absence of Mid -Autumn Festival in Yangcheng Lake, a round of "crab card heat" has been set off in the market.

China News Weekly visited a number of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs in Beijing and found that the aquatic production boxes in the store are mostly vacant. A crab boss said that although Yangcheng Lake's hairy crabs have not yet arrived, they also indirectly drive the crab card sales. The hairy crabs sold by his family are generally 8 to 10, and the price ranges from 400-3,000 yuan.

The original intention of the birth of the crab card was to solve the problem of proneness of hairy crabs, and at the same time facilitated the marketing of merchants in advance. However, after the crab card is popular, it has become a means of pursuing profits by crab merchants. The virtual economy that has led to a hidden risk.

The joint director, researcher Pan and Lin analyzed by Zhejiang University International Joint Business School Digital Economy and Financial Innovation Research Center said that the essence of the speculation of crab coupons is the "securitization" of hairy crabs. As a pre -sale coupon, consumers need to buy in advance, and the hairy crabs will be available after listing, which forms futures. "However, in the process of fulfilling the financial attributes, hairy crabs lack supervision and norms, and the final performance is not guaranteed. As long as the crab coupon is put into the market to complete a closed loop, merchants can profit without breeding crabs."

The busy wolf, the consumer is finally paying. When using crab cards to pick up goods, problems such as lack of two, false propaganda, and unable to redeem are particularly prominent. In November last year, the Consumer Consumer Rights Resources Alliance consisting of the Consumer Protection Commission of the Eight Lakes of the Taihu Lake issued an online shopping hairy crab card (coupon) consumer inspection report. In the eight places, Wuxi City, Suzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang City, and the five -place consumer consumers bought 48 batches of samples on 16 e -commerce platforms, and found that more than half of the platform's hairy crabs were missing. Little situations.

China Consumer Association has also pointed out that consumers should pay special attention to preventing the "crab coupon" routine in terms of buying hairy crabs. Many consumers report that after purchasing "crab coupons", or facing the imbalance of supply and demand for "one voucher in hand, crab is difficult to find", or the crab received is severely reduced and short of shorts. So some netizens joked: "Paper Crab" is deeper than Yangcheng Lake.

In order to regulate the problems of unknown crab card coupons, the short two shorts of hairy crabs, and the fake geographical trademarks, in 2021, the Jiangsu Provincial Consumer Protection Commission and multiple e -commerce platforms formulated the "Specifications for the Sales Services of Hammer E -commerce" (hereinafter referred to as the "Specifications") Essence

For example, in response to the shortage of hairy crabs online, the "Specifications" requires the weight of hairy crabs should not include the weight of the product label, bundle rope and pre -packaged items; for the difficulty of picking up goods, the "Specification" requires operators to online platforms. The sales of the exchange card tickets cannot exceed 40%of the overall sales of the year.

At the same time, in order to prevent merchants from running for money, the "Specifications" also set up a certain amount of access to the threshold of access, which clearly required online operators to pay less than 300,000 yuan to its online platform.

Some analysts suggested that consumers directly choose to buy hairy crab products instead of crab coupons, so that the living space of "paper crabs" will further compress, forcing the hairy crab industry to self -discipline.The regulatory authorities and industry associations should also include crab coupons into the regulatory category of prepaid cards to prevent merchants from running for money.Reference materials:

Super hair!"Paper Crab" runs across the market hidden worry, Workers' Daily, 2021-10-19

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs may be absent from the Mid -Autumn Festival table. How deep is the crab card market?First Finance, 2022-09-04

"Paper Crab" hides the three major traps of the crab coupon should be included in the prepaid card supervision, Beijing Youth Daily, 2021-09-28

Guyuan Road "Crab is accused of lacking two less pounds! The goods are not right, there are cards without crab ... How to break the crab card routine? Beijing News, 2021-11-30

Author: Yu Yuan ([email protected])

Edit: Li Zhiquan

Operation editor: Wang Lin

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