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Core Tip: Recently, a number of cities in China raised the price of water, water supply enterprises of foreign capital is considered the operator prices and alleged monopoly of China’s water market. Housing and urban and rural areas of the Ministry of Construction officials and experts are on the water in some cities in the survey.
Jinan Daily reported on August 23 the Ministry of Construction of housing and urban and rural areas (hereinafter referred to as “living building Department”) officials and the experts are on the water in some cities in the survey. The source said that one of the focuses of this research is that foreign investment in China’s water market, as well as this round of foreign investment and the relationship between the price of water rose.
The outside world as a civil official of the recent debate on the price of a response. China raised the price of water in many cities, water supply enterprises of foreign capital is considered the operator prices and alleged monopoly of China’s water market.
The evolution of the price of water up to people’s livelihood
“Living here, built mainly by the Department Secretary in charge of us, these past few days have been meeting to discuss the matter.” Built to live a person Secretary for the Department of Urban Construction, said. According to him, the research “The main thing is the issue of water, the impact of foreign investment is also very important part.”
Prior to this, a number of cities have raised the price of water, as well as some cities are making adjustments to the price of water. Some officials and scholars who believe that the reform of water prices this year have sufficient social consensus, but the recent rebound in the past month, public opinion shows that the price of water has been evolved from the economic problems and livelihood problems. According to a research operation to understand the industry experts, the State Council, say the price of water has been high-level issue, “I do not know the specific circumstances, but this study may be related to the relevant instructions of the leadership.” Said the expert.
Reporter was informed that the Department has been assigned to live in to build a group of officials and experts from the field to front-line research, as of now their destination, including the northeast, northwest and in several cities in southern China; On the other hand, provinces and cities from the local water department officials in charge of continuously were called to Beijing to report on the situation of the local water utility.
Some water companies and industry experts to build the Department received the call live, have been asked to provide advice. It was learned that the issue of the Ministry of Construction officials covered up a reasonable price, and foreign investment in China’s water market, as well as foreign investment and the relationship between this round of price increases and so on.
Foreign policy or to set the tone
Secretary for the Ministry of urban living to build the officials did not disclose the intention of the study and further plans, but some foreign companies are worried that current research may be water for foreign enterprises to upgrade the pressure of public opinion for policy restrictions.
Water in China’s capital market, active mainly in water supply enterprises and Sino-French Veolia Water, represented by, for them to accept government and industry organizations is not the first time to investigate. In particular, Veolia, since 2002, the world’s largest environmental services companies because the Chinese water market “high premium” to acquire such a radical act of being branded as “conspiracy” label.
In some commentators, this round of price rise and take it for granted the existence of the foregoing allegations of links between the “foreign conspiracy theory” has been widely supported by the official media, and even a “transnational giants prepare water flooding China” as reported title.
It is clear that not everyone agree with this view. Against the “foreign threat” sources, this time behind the water price reform and foreign investment is not directly related to water supply of foreign capital in China is far from a monopoly market. “From a foreign contract for the handling capacity of the project, the main foreign-funded enterprises in China all signed the project of water supply capacity of less than the total capacity of the national water supply 10% of the total, ranking first Veolia Water is not the actual market share to 3%. “National Federation of Industry and Commerce Chamber of Commerce, the Secretary-General of the Environment said骆建华.
Faced with the price of water disputes, the Ministry of living for urban water supply and drainage construction-related association said: “Some people fear that the world plunged into chaos, the brand name of the people’s livelihood does not speak for the people.” However, it appears in a number of industry, water supply is non-transparent pricing mechanism for the confusion where the root of the problem.
