(Released on March 17, 2006, the national development and Reform Commission, the 44th since as of May 1, 2006) the first to standardize the Government's pricing behavior, improve the scientific nature of the Government's pricing, fairness and transparency, protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and business operators, in accordance with the People's Republic of China Law on price, these rules are formulated.
    The second province-above people's Government price departments and related departments and authorized by the provincial municipal and county governments (hereinafter referred to as the pricing authority) formulate or adjust the Government guidance prices, prices of goods and services (hereinafter referred to as the price), these rules shall apply.
    Otherwise provided by laws and regulations, from its provisions. Third countries and gradually improve the macroeconomic regulation by market price mechanisms. The Government set prices according to the price law the scope of article 18th, which is subject to Central and local price list.
    Price catalogs should be adjusted according to the economic and social development in due course and announced to the public in a timely manner.
    Authorized by the provincial municipal and county governments set the prices, and concrete work by their respective authorities.
    Pricing authority shall, in accordance with legal permission to set prices, pricing not ultra vires.
    Fourth set prices should follow fair, principles of openness, fairness and efficiency. Fifth pricing should be based on the relevant goods or services the social average cost and market supply and demand conditions, requirements of national economic and social development as well as social tolerance.
    Prices for commodities or services linked with the international market, can refer to the international market.
    In charge of price under the State Council departments and provincial pricing authorities according to different characteristics of the industry, identifying specific pricing principles and pricing approaches.
    Sixth pricing authority shall, in accordance with economic and social development and social fields reflect prices at the right time.
    Article seventh pricing authority prices, shall perform price (cost) investigations, listen to the community, collective consideration, make pricing decisions, announcements and other programs.
    Cost supervision and examination should be conducted according to law, the experts, the price hearing, in accordance with the relevant provisions.
    Article eighth consumers, operators and other interested parties (hereinafter referred to as recommended) can be developed to a pricing authority prices suggest.
    Nineth pricing authority prices, may request the relevant operators, industry organizations to provide the information required to set prices.
    Tenth pricing authorities when setting prices, should be to investigate the market supply and demand, social sustainability, analysis of impact on related industries, consumers.
    11th pricing authority prices, cost price surveys should be conducted.
    Cost supervision and examination should be conducted in accordance with law, in accordance with the cost supervision and examination of the relevant provisions.
    The 12th set of technical goods and services, price, pricing authorities should instruct relevant experts to demonstrate. 13th pricing authorities when setting prices, for hearing according to law, chaired by Government price departments, seeking the views of consumers, operators and interested parties.
    The specific content of the hearing in accordance with the relevant provisions of price hearing.
    According to law without a hearing, the pricing authorities can choose between seminars, written or Internet form, hearing the views of consumers, operators and interested parties. 14th pricing authority to the rule set forth in tenth to 13th after the pricing plan is formed.
    Programme should contains Ming following content: (a) existing price and intends developed of price, and units price range; (ii) developed price of according to and reason; (three) after cost prison trial of, attached cost prison trial report; (four) developed price Hou on related industry and consumers of effect; (five) after experts argument of, attached experts argument views summary of; (six) consumers, and operators and concerned of views; (seven) after hearing of, attached hearing summary of; (eight) price of implementation time and range. 15th pricing scheme in principle, collective consideration.
    Collective consideration can take discussions, the Bills Committee meetings to discuss prices, and so on.
    Collective consideration of modalities, composition and working rules, prescribed by the pricing authorities at or above the provincial level.
    16th State Council Department in charge of price and other departments to develop prices for important goods and services, shall, in accordance with the regulations approved by the State Council.
    17th pricing authority is the competent authority, make pricing decisions should be written before seeking the views of pricing departments at the same level. After the 18th pricing scenarios considered by the collective, and the need to set prices, price authorities shall timely make pricing decisions.
    Pricing decisions shall contain the following: (a) development of price items, prices, (ii) pricing basis; (c) the execution time and price ranges; (d) the name of the pricing decision and the date of the decision.
    Pricing decisions pricing decision must cover to Agency's seal.
    19th only involves State secrets, a pricing decision, specified by the pricing authorities to take decisions in newspapers, websites and other media to the public.
    20th a pricing organ shall establish and improve internal supervision and restriction mechanism for pricing.
    Superior pricing departments are responsible for the oversight of the lower price Department of pricing behavior.
    Pricing departments should accept supervision by the price Department at the same level.
    21st pricing has recommended that the pricing authority shall, in an appropriate manner will suggest management inform the proponent. 22nd after the implementation of pricing decisions, pricing should follow-up and monitoring of the implementation of pricing decisions.
    Follow-up and monitoring should include: (a) the implementation of the price, and problems in the implementation, (ii) business conditions, cost, productivity and market supply and demand affect price; (c) the relevant changes in market supply and demand and the price of goods or services; (d) the pricing of all sectors of society.
    23rd pricing authorities are in violation of, by Government price departments according to the price law in the investigation.
    24th pricing authority has staff working in the pricing violations, constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law; do not constitute a crime, administrative sanctions according to law.
    25th pricing authority shall, in accordance with article archive file and file management system for setting prices.
    26th of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Department in charge of price can be combined with local conditions and the development of implementing rules pursuant to the rules.
    The 27th article of the rules by the national development and Reform Commission explained. 28th article of the rules come into force on May 1, 2006.
                                                                                            On December 16, 2001, released by the national development planning Commission of the Government's pricing rules (trial) be repealed simultaneously.