An Analysis Of The Practice Of Price Hearing And Its Problems In China

To better manage social and public affairs, the government has the duty to keep the public informed and to listen widely to the public opinion before any decisions which have impacts on public interest can be made. The price hearing system provides a way of citizen participation which is nearest to public life. Implementing price hearing system and establishing new price decision-making mechanism in the government price decision-making process in which the consumer, the operator and other benefit-related people participate with mutual restriction, has significance on administrative reality.At present, price hearing system has already obtained widespread application in the national scope in China. Nevertheless, there remain some problems. Given the importance and particularity of government price decision-making hearing in China, I attempted, by virtue of analyzing the case of Xiamen's price hearing about the pipeline gas in which I participated myself, to discuss the current situation of price hearing in China and then propose some countermeasures concerned.The thesis was composed of the following three parts. The first part was a summary of the basic theories and the development of the price hearing system, including the definition, principle and function of the price hearing system.The second part was exclusively concerned with the case of Xiamen's price hearing about the pipeline gas. I analyzed the case form the aspects of its background, participation, process, impact and current problems.The third part dealt with the problems of the practice of existing price hearing, in which I attempted to give some constructive suggestions on how to improve the operation of price hearing in China.