This year China will promote the residential use of water and electricity step-type price reform

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords Price reform Ladder type
Tags basic demand development development and reform commission economic environmental national development national development and reform commission
Xinhua Chongqing, March 25 (Xinhua Zheng, Guilin) deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission Penson 25th, said that the price reform of resource products should focus on the scarcity of resources, but also take full account of the social affordability, this year, the emphasis on promoting the residents of water, electricity step-type price reform. Reporter from the 2010 National Economic Reform Conference held in Chongqing, the residents of the basic needs of water and electricity will generally maintain the original price level, excessive use of the partial implementation of progressive increase.  In this way, the people's life can not be greatly affected, and the demand side management can be strengthened to restrain unreasonable demand. Penson pointed out that the promotion of the price of resource products and environmental charges reform, to promote structural adjustment, promote resource conservation and environmental protection is of great significance.  To push forward this reform, we should focus on the scarcity of resources, restrain unreasonable demand, take full account of the social affordability, solve the basic life guarantee problem of low-income groups, rationally grasp the strength and opportunity of price adjustment, avoid concentrating on the introduction of price adjusting items and prevent the sharp fluctuations of prices. Penson also said that in the future to further rationalize the relationship between resources and environmental taxes, the year to promote the reform of resources tax, research and development of environmental tax reform program.
Related Article

Contact Us

The content source of this page is from Internet, which doesn't represent Alibaba Cloud's opinion; products and services mentioned on that page don't have any relationship with Alibaba Cloud. If the content of the page makes you feel confusing, please write us an email, we will handle the problem within 5 days after receiving your email.

If you find any instances of plagiarism from the community, please send an email to: info-contact@alibabacloud.com and provide relevant evidence. A staff member will contact you within 5 working days.

A Free Trial That Lets You Build Big!

Start building with 50+ products and up to 12 months usage for Elastic Compute Service

  • Sales Support

    1 on 1 presale consultation

  • After-Sales Support

    24/7 Technical Support 6 Free Tickets per Quarter Faster Response

  • Alibaba Cloud offers highly flexible support services tailored to meet your exact needs.