Weather causes vegetable price hike

An increase in vegetable prices is expected in Beijing in the next two days due to the heavy snow yesterday.

According to statistics from Beijing Xinfadi Agro Wholesale Market yesterday, the prices of eight vegetables, including lettuce, rape and Chinese chives, have increased by 10 to 50 percent.

"Transportation became more difficult from the suburbs to the city as the snow became heavier. Therefore, the prices of the vegetables coming from Beijing's Daxing district and Hebei and Shandong provinces have been affected first," said Xie Lei, director of the Xinfadi Agro Wholesale Market.