On July 24, the State Development and Reform Commission and the General Administration of Market Supervision publicly solicited opinions on the Draft Amendment to the Price Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft for Opinions). There are 10 articles in the draft
amendment, which mainly involve three aspects:
(1) Improve the relevant contents of government pricing.
Firstly, combined with the change of government price management mode, it is clear that the government guidance price is not limited to the form of benchmark price and its floating range.
Secondly, in light of the fact that government pricing has changed from a fixed level to a fixed mechanism, it is clear that the pricing authority can determine the level of government pricing by formulating a pricing mechanism.
Thirdly, according to the work practice in recent years, we should clarify the cost supervision as an important procedure for the government to set prices, and further strengthen the supervision of price costs.
Fourthly, with the development of the Internet, the government has more diverse forms of listening to opinions, such as public solicitation of social opinions, questionnaires and other ways of listening to opinions.
(Two) further clarify the criteria for identifying unfair price behavior.
First, we should improve the criteria for identifying low-price dumping, standardize the market price order, and control the "involution" competition.
The second is to improve the criteria for identifying unfair price behaviors such as price collusion, price boosting and price discrimination.
Third, public enterprises, institutions and trade associations shall not use their influence and dominant position in the industry to force or bundle the sale of goods, provide services and collect prices.
Fourth, we should strengthen the regulation of the price behavior of operators in business places.
(Three) improve the legal liability for price violations.
The first is to adjust the penalty provisions for operators'unfair price behavior and raise the penalty standards for operators' violation of the provisions on clearly marked prices.
The second is to clarify the legal liability of operators for refusing or falsely providing information such as cost supervision and investigation.
In addition, individual text adjustments have been made.
At present, the cement industry is facing the double test of energy saving, environmental protection and industrial intelligence upgrading. In order to implement the relevant policy requirements and accelerate the green low-carbon transformation and high-quality development of the cement industry, China Cement Network is scheduled for September 23-24. The 14th China Cement Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Technology Exchange Conference and the 6th Intelligent Summit Forum were held in Zibo, Shandong Province. This conference will bring together industry experts, enterprise representatives and many industry stakeholders to gather group wisdom and promote energy-saving, environmental protection and intelligent transformation and upgrading of the cement industry. During
the meeting, we will also organize a visit to the demonstration project of Qingzhou Zhonglian Cement Co., Ltd. with an annual output of 200000 tons of carbon dioxide oxy-fuel combustion coupled carbon capture.