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Twenty-six years ago today, 1 April 19931day, Shanghai liberalized the purchase, sale and price of grain and oil, and cancelled the food stamps and oil stamps that had been used for nearly 40 years. At this point, all non-staple food supply tickets were cancelled.

In a long historical period, supplying vouchers as planned has become a great spectacle in China's economic life. From food stamps, oil tickets, meat tickets, fish tickets, sugar tickets, tobacco tickets, cloth tickets, to match tickets, soap tickets ... there are almost no tickets.

1955 In September, the 1955 version of national general food stamps made in the name of "Ministry of Food of People's Republic of China (PRC)" began to be issued and used in the whole country. As the "first vote", food stamps and food purchase vouchers entered the historical stage of New China, and China opened the curtain of "ticket economy" for nearly 40 years.

After the reform and opening up, the grain purchase and sale system has been constantly adjusted and reformed, the state has gradually liberalized the grain sales price, and various localities have gradually changed or cancelled the method of rations distribution for urban residents. By 1994, food stamps were basically abolished nationwide, and the era of tickets was completely over.