THE city’s grain enterprises had purchased 191,000 tons of wheat for reserve by July 21, almost the same amount as last year.

    The State-owned enterprises absorbed 120,000 tons of wheat.

    Head of the city’s grain bureau, Huang Runhua, said that the wheat was expensive and of good quality.

    In addition, there was no panic-buying and irrational pricing in the grain market, Huang said.(Li Hao, Wang Yu)