Crude oil imports in China are mainly carried out by state-owned entities with non state-owned entities as compliment. Crude imported by 5 state-owned entities accounts for 90% of the total imports, while non state-ow...Crude oil imports in China are mainly carried out by state-owned entities with non state-owned entities as compliment. Crude imported by 5 state-owned entities accounts for 90% of the total imports, while non state-owned entities are about given more freedom in using and importing crude. In 2015 only, there were 13 compauies graftted rcritlt access to imported crude oil and 6welv qualiied to import rights. Currently, there are 29 non-state-owned companies engaging in crude import business. China oil market is .faced with severe challenges. Ttre growth rate of oil demand declined, and dependence upon imported oil increased and reached as high as 61.26% in 2015. Refined oil demand growth also slowed down, and oil refining overcapacity got prominent and completion wouht become fiercer＂ in future. Overcapacity was about 140 million toils per year in 2015. Consumption ratio of diesel to gasoline went on declining, and ttre task of product structure adjustment was heavy. China oil market is undergoing great transformation, and institutional mechanism zoill go ahead, on the basis of centering on orderly release of limitations on crude oil and refined oil import and export, orderly release of competitive business arrd government pricing of oil/gas downstream links, vigorous resolving of overcapacity, strengthening low-carbon development, and laying a solid foundation.for guarantee.展开更多
With the incessant development of power market reform,the existing cross-subsidy in electricity tariffs has become a critical problem in China's power industry development.On the basis of the theories of cross-sub...With the incessant development of power market reform,the existing cross-subsidy in electricity tariffs has become a critical problem in China's power industry development.On the basis of the theories of cross-subsidy and electricity universal service,the authors take foreign countries' experience as reference to design several solutions to cross-subsidies in electricity tariffs in different phases of China's power industry development.Furthermore,the application and implementation of these solutions are analyzed in this paper.展开更多
This paper explores how the Chinese government＇s reluctance/inability to invest in health has influenced the performance of its health system in the context of urban China. It focuses on two related issues. To what e...This paper explores how the Chinese government＇s reluctance/inability to invest in health has influenced the performance of its health system in the context of urban China. It focuses on two related issues. To what extent is the financing of the health care system progressive？ To what extent is the utilization of health care services equitable？ Section I explains why the Chinese government has become less willing and able to bear the burden of health care during the era of economic reform and inspects the impacts of these changes on the structure of overall health expenditure. The following two sections empirically examine the extent to which the shift toward out-of-pocket spending has made health care less accessible and less affordable for the poor and vulnerable. Section IV explores how inequity in health care and health services has put groups of people who are already socially disadvantaged at more disadvantaged positions. The study finds that the market-oriented health reform in urban China has exacerbated the cost problem that it intended to solve, reduced access to health services for the most vulnerable, and increased the instances of illness-induced poverty.展开更多
文摘Crude oil imports in China are mainly carried out by state-owned entities with non state-owned entities as compliment. Crude imported by 5 state-owned entities accounts for 90% of the total imports, while non state-owned entities are about given more freedom in using and importing crude. In 2015 only, there were 13 compauies graftted rcritlt access to imported crude oil and 6welv qualiied to import rights. Currently, there are 29 non-state-owned companies engaging in crude import business. China oil market is .faced with severe challenges. Ttre growth rate of oil demand declined, and dependence upon imported oil increased and reached as high as 61.26% in 2015. Refined oil demand growth also slowed down, and oil refining overcapacity got prominent and completion wouht become fiercer＂ in future. Overcapacity was about 140 million toils per year in 2015. Consumption ratio of diesel to gasoline went on declining, and ttre task of product structure adjustment was heavy. China oil market is undergoing great transformation, and institutional mechanism zoill go ahead, on the basis of centering on orderly release of limitations on crude oil and refined oil import and export, orderly release of competitive business arrd government pricing of oil/gas downstream links, vigorous resolving of overcapacity, strengthening low-carbon development, and laying a solid foundation.for guarantee.
文摘With the incessant development of power market reform,the existing cross-subsidy in electricity tariffs has become a critical problem in China's power industry development.On the basis of the theories of cross-subsidy and electricity universal service,the authors take foreign countries' experience as reference to design several solutions to cross-subsidies in electricity tariffs in different phases of China's power industry development.Furthermore,the application and implementation of these solutions are analyzed in this paper.
文摘This paper explores how the Chinese government＇s reluctance/inability to invest in health has influenced the performance of its health system in the context of urban China. It focuses on two related issues. To what extent is the financing of the health care system progressive？ To what extent is the utilization of health care services equitable？ Section I explains why the Chinese government has become less willing and able to bear the burden of health care during the era of economic reform and inspects the impacts of these changes on the structure of overall health expenditure. The following two sections empirically examine the extent to which the shift toward out-of-pocket spending has made health care less accessible and less affordable for the poor and vulnerable. Section IV explores how inequity in health care and health services has put groups of people who are already socially disadvantaged at more disadvantaged positions. The study finds that the market-oriented health reform in urban China has exacerbated the cost problem that it intended to solve, reduced access to health services for the most vulnerable, and increased the instances of illness-induced poverty.
