Title: Discussion about China’s Market-oriented Reform of the Water Industry
Abstract: Looked through the whole attribute of industry, water industry is the natural monopoly industry which is closely related with people’s livelihood and has significant welfare quality. People generally believe that the role of the market mechanism in this field has many limitations, so the government control and the exclusive monopoly are needed. However, thinked from the segments of water industry, other businesses may introduce market mechanism in the degree except flood control, water treatment, water conservation, water-carrying pipe’s net. China’s thinking on the choice of the water industry’s market-oriented model is: the diversification investment and financing patterns under the Public-private Partnerships, the unified water management structure that sets the water basin as a unit, the competition mechanism of mutual choice under the independent regulation.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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