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This year marks 20 years since the food stamps system was abolished, which was a product of China’s planned economy decades ago. For most people, it is a fixture1 in their memory of the hungry days in the 1960s, when there were food shortages.
When people wanted to eat out or travel, they had to make sure one thing was in their pockets: food stamps.
This year marks 20 years since the food stamps system was abolished, which was a product of
China’s planned economy decades ago.
During the old days of the planned economy, food was rationed2, and citizens would get a fixed3 amount of stamps in exchange for staples4. Each person had to apply for a food quota5 each month.
Bu saw the food stamps come and go in his lifetime. Under the system, farmers sent surplus grain to local governments, who reallocated them to ensure a basic standard of living for all the people in the region.
In those days, money certainly couldn’t buy you everything. State-owned food stores took stamps as the only currency.
Guangzhou was the first to shelve the system in 1992, and was followed by some other cities that were among the initial wave in implementing6 reform and opening up in China.
China decided7 to put an end to the system competely in 1993, when the country was able to produce enough food for its people. Today, food stamps have again become hot items... in auction8 markets where they’re highly sought after by collectors and investors9.
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n.(某国的)主要产品( staple的名词复数 );钉书钉;U 形钉;主要部份v.用钉书钉钉住( staple的第三人称单数 ) | |
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n.(生产、进出口等的)配额,(移民的)限额 | |
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