China will guarantee supplies of daily necessities, including meat and vegetables, and stabilise their prices, state media quoted the cabinet as saying on Wednesday.

China will effectively implement fine-tuning and preemptive adjustments of policies, the cabinet was quoted as saying.

The government has told families to keep daily necessities in stock in case of emergencies, after COVID-19 outbreaks and unusually heavy rains that caused a surge in vegetable prices raised concerns about supply shortages.

(Reporting by Kevin Yao and Beijing newsroom; Editing by Andrew Heavens)