Public Utilities Price Hearing System In The Operation Of The Existing Problems And Countermeasures Research

Because most of the government pricing products and services are public welfare or monopoly, the government should control the price. In the control of the process, the government should take the public interests as the starting point, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the consumers and business operators. Through the form of hearing price system to set up of citizen participate in price decision system, to achieve price decision open, democratic, scientific purpose. People pay close attention to the utility price adjustment hearing, because it relates to their vital interests. However, Since the prices of public utilities hearing system was established in1998, just ten years time, the relevant departments lack of experience, resulting in many problems in system operating procedure. Caused by the consumers questioned the pricing hearing system also affects the credibility of the price department.This paper mainly analyzes the utility prices hearing system operation of the current situation and existing problems by citing the examples of the price hearings in recent years. The problems include that the price hearing system itself is not perfect, the price hearing subject exists problems, the information asymmetry affect the price of the hearing operation, and the external environment influence prices the operation of the hearing. Points out that seeking to solve problems in the prices of public utilities hearing running an effective way, the first thing is to improve the price hearing system itself, improve the hearing participants selection mechanism, strengthen the cost supervision and examination and establishment of participants in the hearing information feedback system. The second is to solve problems in the administrative body, the organizer of price hearing should be correctly positioned, enhance consumer engagement and participation levels, regulate the hearing host selection; The third is to alleviate the information asymmetry in price hearings, the establishment of consumer information disclosure system, emphasizing the price of the hearing process open, standardized hearing procedures and standard and perfect supervision mechanism. Finally, to optimize the environment atmosphere, promote the reform of the administrative system and strengthen the legislative guarantee. Only in this way, the government in organization the price of public utility hearing in order to achieve the public interests as the starting point, in the price hearing process to achieve fair, open, justice. Let the price hearing system of price decision-making in the government to play a full role, make the government price decision-making truly open, democratic and scientific.This article attempts to find out the existing problems in practice, analysis and find countermeasures from the price of the hearing system operation. The author thinks that price hearing problems is not only the problem of system itself but also the deeper problem, need to consider the countermeasures to solve the problem from the whole and macroscopical environment. Hope that through the combination of theory and practice, with a view to the theory of perfect practice and guidance.