While the city still slumbered under a deep blue night, the Sichuan Yurun International Agricultural Products Trading Center in Pengzhou, Chengdu, was already brightly lit and bustling with traffic, becoming the busiest fruit and vegetable distribution hub in Southwest China.

At 5 a.m. on February 11, with the outdoor temperature at just 3°C, the market echoed with a vibrant "New Year symphony" of haggling, shouting, and rolling wheels.

In the premium fruit section, buyer Mr. Liu crouched beside a newly arrived shipment of Yunnan blueberries and said, "This batch of L25 floral-scented blueberries is plump, high in sweetness, and crisp—making it a star product for Spring Festival gift boxes." As he spoke, he scanned a QR code to place his order.

"Why come so early?" the reporter asked. Mr. Liu replied, "Ensuring supply means racing for freshness. We have to stock up before dawn to guarantee that the blueberries still carry dew when our stores open at 8 a.m." Behind him, refrigerated trucks from Yunnan, Hainan, and other regions formed a long queue, as workers unloaded blueberries, durians, dragon fruits, and other produce for sorting and onward transport.

"The market operates 365 days a year—especially during holidays, we must maintain orderly trading," said Liu Jingyang, manager of the fruit market. He noted that as the Spring Festival approached, daily fruit transaction volumes had risen by approximately 30% compared to normal periods. The market sources its products from across China as well as Southeast Asia, South America, Africa, and Oceania, primarily serving Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Shaanxi provinces, ranking among the top five nationwide in trading scale. Orderly management personnel moved through the crowds, directing traffic and guiding trucks to ensure a green channel for fresh produce transportation.

From the blueberries arriving at 5 a.m. to the citywide fragrance of fruit by 8 a.m., the Spring Festival supply chain here safeguards not only the "vegetable basket" but also the sweet, accessible joy shared by families gathered around their hearths during the holiday.

Adjacent to the fruit market, the vegetable market handles an average of over 9,000 metric tons daily, recently surging to 15,000 metric tons. Chen Shiming, deputy general manager of the vegetable market, stated that merchants had already been organized before the Spring Festival to actively stock up from core winter production areas including Hainan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and within Sichuan province to fully guarantee stable supply during the holiday period.

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