Study On The Economic Regulation Of Toll Roads In China

In recent years, the rapid development of the toll road in China not only drives the steadygrowth of the national economy, but also brings great pressure to the governmentmanagement. The large scale of toll roads expands the governmental economic regulationrange of toll road, and is not benefit for the implementation of government measures.Inaddition, policy of "loans Road, and owing on the loan" has effectively alleviated the problemof transportation investment in China, makes the highway transportation run up to a new level.But with the economic development and the changes in domestic highway industry, the issuesare also increasingly prominent. In this case, the economic regulation on toll road is verynecessary. It’s in favor of the functional advantages of toll road, is conducive to the protectionof the legitimate rights and interests of stakeholders, and more conducive to the developmentof toll road and the social economic development.This paper starts from the basic theory of economic regulation about toll road, carefullyintroduces the definition, characteristics and types of toll road, and confirms the connotation,the goal, the necessity and specific content of the toll road economic regulation starting fromthe concept of regulation and economic regulation. Then, analyze the problems of the subject,object, basis of toll roads economic regulation in China, and find that the cost, thecontradiction between vulnerable groups interests and economic regulation, the contradictionbetween the representatives of public interests and economic regulation are all the causes ofthe problems. Next, introduce the advanced international and domestic advanced experienceof toll roads economic regulation, and draws some revelation about improving toll roadseconomic regulation in China. It guides the last part of the article to put forward suggestions.Finally, the last part of the article is divided into three aspects,such as improving marketaccess intensity and scope, improving service quality control, improving price regulation, toconcretely elaborate the ideas and countermeasures of toll roads economic regulation in china.