e-magazine
The Hot Zone
China's newly announced air defense identification zone over the East China Sea aims to shore up national security
Current Issue
· Table of Contents
· Editor's Desk
· Previous Issues
· Subscribe to Mag
Subscribe Now >>
Expert's View
World
Nation
Business
Finance
Market Watch
Legal-Ease
North American Report
Forum
Government Documents
Expat's Eye
Health
Science/Technology
Lifestyle
Books
Movies
Backgrounders
Special
Photo Gallery
Blogs
Reader's Service
Learning with
'Beijing Review'
E-mail us
RSS Feeds
PDF Edition
Web-magazine
Reader's Letters
Make Beijing Review your homepage
Hot Links

cheap eyeglasses
Market Avenue
eBeijing

Learning with BeijingReview
Learning with BeijingReview
UPDATED: August 30, 2007 NO.36 SEP.6, 2007
反思方便面涨价“闹剧”
Nefarious Noodles
By LAN XINZHEN
Share

 

一场由行业协会组织的企业“串通”涨价行为,暴露出了中国市场经济走向完善的情况下存在的问题,而违背市场公平竞争的行为,在中国市场上是不允许的

兰辛珍

在世界拉面协会中国分会的组织、策划和协调下,7月26日,康师傅、统一、白象等10多家中国知名方便面企业对其产品价格进行了上调,最高提价幅度达到了40%。方便面企业统一提价行为,在中国消费者中引起了极大反响,一些消费者和律师以方便面涨价涉嫌违法向国家发改委提起投诉。

8月16日,国家发改委发布通告,认定这次方便面涨价是“串通”行为,违反了《价格法》有关“经营者不得相互串通,操纵市场价格”的规定,以及国家发改委《制止价格垄断行为暂行规定》有关“经营者之间不得通过协议、决议或者协调等串通方式统一确定、维持或变更价格”的规定,严重扰乱了市场秩序。为此国家发改委要求世界拉面协会中国分会立即改正错误,公开向社会作出正面说明,消除不良影响。

国家发改委的通告发布后的第二天,方便面价格又都回落到了涨价前的水平。一场行业协会发起并组织的方便面涨价“闹剧”就这样结束了,然而在中国市场经济已经逐步走向完善的今天,这场“闹剧”却给人们留下了许多值得反思的问题。

At the instigation of the China branch of the International Ramen Manufactures Association (IRMA), a dozen Chinese instant noodle brands, such as Master Kong and Uni-President, raised their noodle prices on July 26, the highest rising 40 percent. The joint price hike caught nationwide attention, leading some consumers and lawyers to complain about the instant noodle price hike to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

The NDRC, China's top pricing supervision body, ruled that the nationwide price hike for instant noodles was an act of illegal collusion between companies and the industry-based association.

The higher prices instituted by IRMA have "seriously distorted the market order and hampered fair competition in the industry," the NDRC said in a statement on its website.

The statement was issued after the commission created a team to investigate the prices of instant noodles last month.

The NDRC has pledged to nab anyone who colludes to drive up prices amid surging food costs.

Instant noodle prices were brought back to normal on the day after NDRC's notice. The curtain had been drawn on the instant noodle price hike, but people are still pondering the lessons learned from this incident.



 
Top Story
-Protecting Ocean Rights
-Partners in Defense
-Fighting HIV+'s Stigma
-HIV: Privacy VS. Protection
-Setting the Tone
Most Popular
 
About BEIJINGREVIEW | About beijingreview.com | Rss Feeds | Contact us | Advertising | Subscribe & Service | Make Beijing Review your homepage
Copyright Beijing Review All right reserved