一、城市建立农贸中心势在必行今年以来,我省常州、南通、南京等市,在当地党和政府的重视、关怀下,相继开设了农副产品批发贸易中心或批发交易市场(以下统一简称农贸中心),为农副产品进城开拓了新的途径。它是农副产品批发的一种形式,不象一般批发机构那样向生产者购进商品再批给贩卖者,而是常年为客户提供购销的交易场所。它的主要任务是通过多功能的服务,招徕各地客户,组织与促进他们相互成交,达到农副产品在城乡 1. It is imperative for cities to establish farmer’s centres. Since the beginning of this year, Changzhou, Nantong, Nanjing and other cities in our province have opened wholesale and trade centers for agricultural and sideline products or wholesale exchanges under the care and concern of the local party and government. Farmers’ Center) has opened up new ways for agricultural and sideline products to enter the city. It is a form of wholesale of agricultural and sideline products. It is not like the general wholesale organization to purchase goods from producers and then distribute them to sellers. Instead, it provides customers with trading sites for buying and selling all the year round. Its main task is to use multi-functional services to attract customers from all over the world, organize and promote mutual transactions, and achieve agricultural and sideline products in urban and rural areas.