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Mid-Autumn Cakes: Overpriced, Over-packaged, and over the moon 中秋节月饼：价格过高，过度包装，一切都在月亮之上 Over-packaging of products has long been a bane in China. And despite repeated official attempts to put an end to the practice, it shows no signs of abating. 产品过度包装在中国一直是祸患。尽管官方不断采取措施试图杜绝这一行径，但它并没有显示出减弱的迹象。 And with the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, mooncake producers have gone into overdrive in their push to decorate - rather overdo - their mooncake packages. 随着中秋节临近，月饼生产商早已不遗余力地在月饼包装上下功夫，而这已经不是做过头了。 The city watchdog's pleas to tone down the packaging have fallen on deaf ears with the seasonal snack adorned in spacious and heavily-decorated packaging to cater to the demands of gift givers, a Shanghai Daily investigation shows. 《上海日报》的调查显示，随着季节性小吃通过宽敞且注重装饰的包装来迎合送礼者的需求，城市监管部门淡化包装的要求早已被其置若罔闻。 At least half of the mooncake boxes in local stores risk breaking national standard rules on size or price restrictions with a single lavishly packed box easily selling for as much as several hundred yuan, according to the investigation. 根据调查，当地商店里至少有一半月饼盒在违反国家规定的尺寸或价格限制上冒险，因为仅仅一个华丽的包装盒就很容易售价高达几百元。 | 
