Chongqing- Each district in the central area of Chongqing will build a standardized and smart demonstration vegetable market this year to fully meet the needs of local consumers.

According to the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce, relying on the construction of relatively complete hardware and software facilities, building the demonstration vegetable markets in the central urban areas is important.

The ultimate goal is to realize the digital empowerment of standardized vegetable markets by reducing costs and increasing income for merchants, upgrading the consumption experience, improving the efficiency of market management, regulating government operation, and other aspects.

Specifically, the upgrading of transaction facilities, featuring a user-friendly operation interface, smart data collection, online and offline integration, and facilitation of aggregate payment, will help merchants reduce their cost and increase their income.

Meanwhile, the formation of demonstration vegetable markets will also enhance the consumer service experience by exploring functions such as superimposing pesticide residue detection information, online transactions, home delivery, and other convenience services.

Through the collection of data and information, involving analysis and transactions of application market, food safety, epidemic prevention and control, security management and control, environmental sanitation, etc., the market's digital operation is realized, and the efficiency of market management is improved.

Moreover, the market will cooperate with some platform systems related to the market operation regulation and food safety supervision of governments, effectively providing data support for the city’s operation regulation, market guarantee, and food safety supervision.

Among them, the smart market system will make its debut, realizing smart weighing, rapid detection, smart pricing, smart management, and other functions.

In November 2020, the Capitol Hill Smart Fresh Market Management Company invested 4.5 million yuan (about 0.7 million US dollars) in upgrading and transforming its environment.

Smart equipment and management systems, including information display board, touch screen inquiry machine, face recognition camera, real-time data display screen, and other devices are utilized in a connected sense at the market, with an attempt to carry out smart management and big data analysis.

Equipped with modern pesticide residue inspection equipment and agricultural product inspection room, special personnel are responsible for random inspection of agricultural products operated in the market.

(Du Min, as an intern, also contributed to this report.)