| Price hearings have been introduced into China for more than two decades as the most direct and democratic way for the public to participate in national price decision-making activities.Article 23 of the Price Law of the People’s Republic of China,which was implemented on May 1,1998,provides for the first time a price hearing.Relying on the price hearing,the legal awareness of the public participation in social public affairs in China has been enhanced,and the ability to participate has been greatly improved.And this benign change has promoted the price hearing system,making it more perfect and sound.The "Government Formulation of Price Hearing Measures" promulgated and implemented after the revision of the National Development and Reform Commission of China in 2019 has aroused the attention of all sectors of society.After more than 20 years of practice,the price hearing system has fully proved that the public participation price hearing system has its practical necessity.It promotes the realization of citizens’ democratic rights,the government’s fair and transparent decision-making,and maintains the balance of interests among different groups.The role is obvious.More than 20 years of legal regulation has created a good institutional environment for public participation in price hearings,making price hearings more efficient and standardized,and making the legal relationship between government,operators and consumers more clear.While affirming the growth and development of the price hearing system in China,we cannot ignore the many difficulties that the public has faced in participating in the price hearing: the lack of motivation for public participation in price hearings makes it difficult to maintain participation enthusiasm;the implementation of scientific and democratic legislative concepts The inability to make the transparency and due process of the price hearing difficult to guarantee;the lack of legislative authority on price hearings makes the legal purpose of public participation difficult to achieve.The problem of restricting the public’s effective participation in price hearings is more prominent,and all sectors of society are looking forward to the effective participation of the public in price hearings.Under the new situation,this paper makes a preliminary exploration of several legal issues involved in public participation price hearings.In addition to the introduction,this article is divided into four parts.The first part clarifies the connotation of the price hearing system and the public participation mechanism,and explores the theoretical basis and legal significance of the public participation price hearing.The second part explains the legislation of the public participation in price hearings in China.In the process of perfecting the law,the institutional environment for public participation is optimized.The third part analyzes several factors that restrict the effective participation of the public in the price hearing,including the lack of public participation motivation,the low credibility of the price hearing and the poor performance of the legislative system.In view of the shortcomings of reality,the fourth part of this paper puts forward the idea of perfecting the public participation price hearing mechanism in China,starting from the level of public participation,the implementation level of the hearing and the reform legislation,in order to contribute to the multi-level and multi-angle problem solving.power.The price hearing has been running in China for more than 20 years.Under the background of the increasingly good quality of economic and social development,price hearings are becoming more and more frequent.With the joint efforts of the state,government departments,operators,society and the people,China’s future public participation price hearing system will be more and more perfect,and will be implemented better. |
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