Research On Strategies Of Purchase Price Ceilings For Railway High-Speed Train

In recent years,China has attached great importance to the development of the railway industry.Under the wave of "great development and fast construction" of railways,the demand for procurement and maintenance of railway transportation equipment has continued to increase in the long run.Among them,the high-speed EMU train is one of the equipment currently purchased by China Railway Corporation.As the main purchaser of China's EMU,China Railway Corporation implements the purchase limit pricing management for procurement.However,EMU trains have the characteristics of single source of supply,complex structure,'and lack of market reference price.Therefore,there are still some difficulties in defining the maximum limit price of the EMU systems.Based on the above background,this paper will take China Railway Corporation as the main research object,and study the following questions:How should China Railway Corporation set the reasonable purchase price for the EMU?What kind of purchase price ceilings management strategies apply to complicated railway equipment such as high-speed trains?In nowadays,the research results of the price ceilings management at home and abroad are rich,including the theory and model research of price ceilings regulation,and the enlightenment of the foreign purchase limit price research results to China.At present,some scholars have explored the feasibility of monopoly enterprises to implement the highest price limit in their procurement process rather than the government.Specific to the railway industry,the railway enterprises,such as China Railway Corporation are currently implementing the price management model based on price ceilings theories.Some scholars have combined the exclusive characteristics of railway materials to explore the application of various maximum limit pricing methods in procurement practice.However,there are still some shortcomings in the existing research results:the research on the highest price limit in China is mostly based on the Western ideas and experience;the research perspective is focused on the government's implementation of the ceiling price limit for monopoly industries,and the enterprise as a buyer's perspective to discuss the maximum price limit model is insufficient;and there is less discussion on the maximum price management of the EMUs in China's railway industry.Different from previous research,this paper combines the theory of price limit management with the procurement of China Railway Corporation,analyzes the specific status and existing problems of the management of the maximum price limit of the company;on this basis,this paper expands two directions,the detailed classification and comprehensive price information evaluation,and proposes appropriate and detailed maximum price ceilings setting and managing strategies for various kinds of high-speed train procurement.In terms of research ideas,this paper first summarizes the relevant theories of pricing and price limit management,combines the advanced experience of price management in other industries,and sorts out the implementing status of the maximum price limit management of China Railway Corporation,and further summarizes current problems in their management process and the causes behind the problems.Secondly,through the analysis of characteristics and supplier's information of the EMU components and the whole train,the applicable price ceilings formulation and management strategies to the current procurement focus-EMU are given,and suggestions are provided for China Railway Corporation to optimize the maximum price limit managing mechanism.The pratice value of this paper mainly lies in:Firstly,this paper based on the characteristics of the high-speed train itself,summarizes the problems existing in railway industry price ceilings management,and proposes the procurement limit price management strategy based on the detailed classification and overall evaluation methods.It provides a strong reference value for the implementation of procurement price ceilings management for other railway enterprises.Secondly,the railway industry itself is certain monopoly power,and the research on its procurement maximum price limit management strategy can also provide guidance for the development of price limit management in other monopoly industries.