Ma Hong

Water Industry Network HC : Recently, Beijing Water Hearing once again repeat the "must listen up every" cycle, up 0.9 yuan to the price of water / ton in the end. Up Jiucheng hearing in favor of price increases, but the specific program to do the different options, so one-sided views of the representatives of puzzling. The cost of opaque water, the absence of a hearing on behalf of low-income chronic illnesses such as the industry once again been questioned.

From previous Lanzhou, Ningbo and other places to see the results of price adjustment, this should be "listening to public opinion" for the original purpose of the hearing, the results are not necessarily imply the expression of public opinion completely true. Since water does not have the liquidation costs and benefits of professional ability, so hearing the representative voices of doubt in the performance of their duties are often small, echoing the views of many outsiders condemned as "a mere formality." Together with consumer representatives are often seen as flaws, water hearing the "fairness" to the test.

In accordance with the normal process of water management, water prices include water charges, Sewage Three elements of costs and water charges, Beijing, after the two charges is up. Among them, the sewage charges involving water company's operating costs, and water charges are formulated by the central government and local government rates, respectively, after the levy paid in proportion to the central government. At present, the public debate focused on the former issue, questioned the main point is: the sewage water company if there real cost of compressed space? Financial costs, management costs, whether "filth" element in it? Only after answering these two questions only relate to how the issue of price rise. That is, if prices really need to bridge the cost, then the current price increases are reasonable?

Unfortunately, the pattern in the water companies supply monopoly, its real costs are fully disclosed in detail rarely seen. Moreover, water companies can be said to remain silent for details. For example some people on the "Beijing is less than the year increased sewage treatment capacity Sludge Disposal Cost growth, "questioned the technical issues, but water utilities have not been a positive response. This result is that the hearing could not be open and transparent information, but also for water supply and demand sides of the price of hearing loss game the foundation.

In addition, the hearing on behalf of the rationality problem as affecting the consumer-sensitive nerves. Public information display, Beijing the hearing representatives from the 25 hearings, as many as 22 participants who agreed to 0.9 yuan per cubic meter to adjust the program, participants view "one-sided" feature is very obvious. Judging from the number, the hearing will be 10 consumer participation, consistent with the current "Government price policy Hearings," "consumer to participate in the hearing not less than two fifths of the total number of people," the mandatory requirements. However, the media survey found that almost all of these consumers on behalf of certain "titles", including the supermarket managers, corporate CEOs, hospital chief physician, university professors, party secretary of the community, neighborhood officers, etc., while the low-income groups on behalf of Quenan Seeking trace. This is rather unfortunate, after all, most affected by the price adjustment is precisely the low-income groups, the absence of their representatives to the hearing will be greatly reduced practical significance.

In fact, the hearing on behalf of dislocation of the problem as have many other areas have appeared. Recently, the State Development and Reform Commission Secretary concerned on the price openly admitted early in the Harbin water price adjustment hearing, his representative capacity as the existence of defects personnel. As Harbin CASE hearing officer did not verify the identity of a serious, resulting in mistaken identity, or even fake identities to enter the hearing on behalf of the list. In this regard, the place for people defended CASE "CASE is entrusted with the consumer representatives recommended to the Bureau of Commodity Prices; verification should be done though, but the winter ice and snow in Harbin, registration is very inconvenient, is a telephone application form, verification up is also difficult. "Thus, utility prices have been very serious hearing, the Consumers Association and other departments, seemed to have a" negligible ", on behalf of identity verification so lightly, how to ensure that the public opinion hearing to manifest it ?

Undeniable, leading to the current water price adjustment disorder is actually due to the cost of non-transparency of water. From public resources, the United Kingdom and other countries to return the product decision process of market reforms, China's water supply resources such as the liberalization of private capital, the government formulate the rules of competition in the premise, let it bring a positive "Catfish Effect ", then Forced water costs and Charge Become more reasonable. But in the current, local water supply is still in a monopoly situation, the hearing will be to protect the interests of consumers, together effectively "screen." However, information asymmetry, defects and other issues as interference, the "wall" in essence non-existent, most water bodies but the fig leaf to enjoy monopoly profits. Thus, the essence of competition in markets lacking, cost-benefit accounting of concealment, under the premise will rely completely on a hearing to determine the utility price change is simply impractical.

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