Gouging will be punished 5 times times the illegal income

National Development and Reform Commission joint Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce issued a notice (reporter Zhang Nan) this morning, the National Development and Reform Commission joint Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce issued a notice, demanding crackdown on hoarding, driving up the price of agricultural products and other speculation, and to drive up The National Development and Reform Commission pointed out that in the last period, some local operators used some areas of natural disasters, a small number of agricultural production and price fluctuations in the machine, fabricated dissemination of price information, hoarding, driving up prices, profiteering, some media coverage hype, exaggerated tension, push prices,　　Seriously disturbed the normal market order, damaging the agricultural producers, consumers and other operators of the legitimate rights and interests. To this end, the notice requires that local people's governments at all levels should focus on the investigation and fabrication of the dissemination of price information, driving up prices of the behavior, to investigate market sales, more into less sales, only into the sale or hoarding refuse to sell, aggravating the market supply tight hoarding behavior; Investigate the production costs and operating costs have not changed significantly, significantly increase　　The behavior of profiteering, investigating collusion, manipulating market prices, and investigating monopolistic sourcing and blocking of circulation channels, resulting in the suspended of market out-of-stock. In case of serious circumstances, bad nature and large social impact, it should be publicly exposed and confiscated in accordance with the law all illegal income, and a fine of 5 times times the illegal income, and no illegal income, at 1 million yuan below fine. Repeatedly check repeatedly committed, ordered to suspend business rectification, or the revocation of the license, serious disruption of market economic order, constitute a crime, criminal responsibility. At the same time, the NDRC also encouraged the public to report. Once the case is confirmed, the report of meritorious personnel to give rewards.