National Development and Reform Commission: Trial Implementation of Household Electricity Ladder Price Reform Scheme for Next Year

Zhang Ping, director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said on the 16th that next year it is necessary to actively and steadily push forward the reform of resource product prices, try to implement a ladder pricing system for residents' electricity use, choose the opportunity to introduce a refined oil price reform plan, and issue a pilot program for natural gas price reform.

Zhang Ping also said that next year it is necessary to put forward the general idea of ​​deepening the reform of the income distribution system as soon as possible and focus on increasing the income of the middle and low-income earners. It is necessary to establish a normal salary increase mechanism for employees in enterprises, steadily raise the minimum wage standard and the basic pension level for enterprise retirees, and continue to promote the implementation of performance-based wages by public institutions.

In order to keep the overall price level basically stable, he called for continuing to regard the overall level of stable prices as an important task of macro-control, and further improve the price control policy. Zhang Ping also stressed that next year we must consolidate and expand the real estate market regulation and control results, continue to strictly implement policies and measures to curb speculation and investment demand, encourage the support of ordinary small and medium-sized units, low-cost ordinary commercial housing construction, and promote the healthy development of the real estate market.