Beijing closes live poultry market permanently

时间：2006-12-18 00:40:09

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Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 15 - Beijing has suspended live poultry1 trade in the market for one year. Will such trade be resumed in future? On Thursday, an official from the Beijing Municipal Agriculture Bureau announced that Beijing will never re-open the live poultry trade, the Beijing Times reported.

 

Beijing municipal government issued a notification suspending live poultry trade in a televised conference in November 2005 when the city was hit by the bird flu epidemic2. At the same time, bird transactions and pigeon release activities were also prohibited. Although bird flu had stopped raging for a while, the Beijing municipal government never mentioned again whether the ban would be lifted ever since.

 

On June 16, the Beijing Municipal Agriculture Bureau sent a notification, saying that Beijing could resume its live poultry trade in the market under limited conditions. According to this notification, any markets or stalls that sell live fowls3 in the city should first obtain permission from the animal disease control center in their districts and obtain related certificates. However, this reporter was informed by the Beijing Municipal Agriculture Bureau that no stalls had ever applied4 for such certificates and live poultry transaction had not resumed.

 

The official said that recently, the State Council issued a document, urging big cities in China to “gradually call off the killing5 and sales of live fowls in the market. It said that fowls “should be killed at certain designated spots before they can be put on sale in the market.” Based on this document, Beijing municipal government decided6 to close its live poultry trade market permanently7. In future, the Beijing Municipal Agriculture Bureau will work with Beijing Municipal Industry and Commerce Bureau and City Management departments to jointly8 crack down on live poultry trade.

 
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1 poultry GPQxh     
n.家禽，禽肉
参考例句：
  • There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
  • What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
2 epidemic 5iTzz     
n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的
参考例句：
  • That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
  • The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
3 fowls 4f8db97816f2d0cad386a79bb5c17ea4     
鸟( fowl的名词复数 )； 禽肉； 既不是这； 非驴非马
参考例句：
  • A great number of water fowls dwell on the island. 许多水鸟在岛上栖息。
  • We keep a few fowls and some goats. 我们养了几只鸡和一些山羊。
4 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的；v.应用，适用
参考例句：
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
5 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
6 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
7 permanently KluzuU     
adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地
参考例句：
  • The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
8 jointly jp9zvS     
ad.联合地，共同地
参考例句：
  • Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
  • She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

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