Development and Reform Commission Stabilizes Prices and Promulgates More Provinces to Stop Gas Price Increases

According to the Central People's Broadcasting Station's report on November 28 stating that the National Development and Reform Commission will stabilize prices, natural gas price hikes in many places across the country are scheduled to stop. At present, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Henan, and other provinces that are brewing gas prices have suspended plans. Hebei Provincial Price Bureau stressed that natural gas will not increase prices before the end of this year.

On November 16, Henan Province held a hearing on the adjustment of natural gas transmission and distribution prices for urban civilian pipelines in Henan Province to hear the price of natural gas transmission and distribution, and decided to adjust the price of natural gas in the provincial cities of the province during the year. The rate of price increase was increased per cubic meter. 0.3 yuan or so. With the introduction of relevant national documents, Henan decided to suspend the implementation of natural gas price adjustment.

Zhengzhou Citizen Fan said: "At present, we are facing the pressure of inflation. I think it is also necessary for natural gas to be able to hold up prices as a livelihood product."

Some localities in Hebei Province also recently introduced natural gas price adjustment plans. In order to further stabilize prices, the Hebei Provincial Price Bureau issued an emergency notice that natural gas will not increase its prices before the end of this year. “Not yet implemented natural gas price adjustment plans have all been postponed. The price of natural gas in Handan City will not be raised. In addition, the price cut hearing for Qinhuangdao Gas has already been carried out, and natural gas prices can be adjusted downwards."

The Hebei Provincial Price Bureau requires that price departments at all levels should grasp the timing, rhythm, and intensity of government adjustments. By the end of this year, except for the maximum retail price of refined oil, government pricing projects that have established price adjustment mechanisms can continue to be implemented according to the mechanism. In addition, Hebei Province has not introduced new and adjusted government management prices and fees.

It was also learned that Anhui Province had issued a notice on the 26th and requested that before the end of March next year, in addition to the unified price adjustment projects introduced by the state, the province suspended the price increase for public services such as heating, water supply, gas, and urban public transport. Unauthorized adjustments to government pricing and guidance prices will be dealt with strictly according to regulations.

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