US media: China shows that it is serious about controlling coal prices

On June 21, Bloomberg, the original topic: China shows that it has stated that it intends to control the price of coal. Previously, after investigating the electrical coal procurement contract of coal -fired power plants, it was found that the coal sales price of some enterprises exceeded the reasonable range.

The National Development and Reform Commission has strictly monitored the improvement of the coal market price formation mechanism on May 1st. This is one of the many measures to help the power plant to ensure sufficient power supply. However, as the Chinese economy began to recover from the strict epidemic control measures in recent months and the rise in major fuel demand, the pull -by -type survey of the National Development and Reform Commission also highlights the difficulty of relying on price control.

Even if industrial activities are still not strong this summer, the threat of extreme weather incidents and additional air conditioning cooling requirements are increasing.

Beijing has promised to prevent the re -entertainment of the price soaring in the industry last year, and requires that coal mine companies have increased production to a record high. However, due to the shrinking imports, the lack of high -quality coal still exists, which has led some dealers to charge more fees and violate the price limit.

"Previously, those who dared to sell coal at high prices thought that the government was just talking about it, and this time the government was serious." A coal logistics consulting company said in the research report that the National Development and Reform Commission recently cleaned up and rectified the price violations. Measures. (Translated by Chen Kang)

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