国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

   

Resources tax should be raised to save energy - expert

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-30 10:01

BEIJING -- China should increase resources tax to encourage energy saving and curb environmental degradation, a renowned economist said Sunday.

"The resources tax should be raised to a reasonable level to encourage efficient energy use and ease pressures on the country's resources and environment," said Justin Yifu Lin, chief of the China Center for Economic Research at Beijing University, at a forum.

In 2006 China consumed 15 percent of the world energy, but only churned out 5.5 percent of the global gross domestic product, according to Lin.

He said the current low resources tax not only helps widen the income gap, but adds heavy pressures on the nation's resources and environment.

China has set the target of reducing energy consumption by 20 percent between 2006 and 2010. The energy consumption to generate per unit of gross domestic product fell 1.33 percent last year from the previous year, only one third of the four-percent target.

China levies very low resources tax to subsidize its struggling state-owned mine groups since late 1970s, Lin stated.

He added the government should also unveil heavy punishments for environmental pollution and promote or demote local officials in accordance with their performance in helping to save energy and protect environment.

However, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) told a press briefing last Wednesday that, though the prices of energy including electricity and oil are relatively lower, "increases in their prices would not come easily as we have to consider the possible impacts on various sectors of the society."

Zhou Fengqi, an analyst with the NDRC's energy research institute, said, "The government has delayed energy price hikes because it does not want to push up the already high inflation."

The consumer price index, the main gauge of inflation, hit the 33-month-high of 4.4 percent in June, well above the government target of three percent for 2007.



Top China News  
Today's Top News  
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
图们市| 张掖市| 温宿县| 轮台县| 巴楚县| 叙永县| 瑞昌市| 冀州市| 易门县| 内黄县| 汾西县| 兴安县| 林口县| 措美县| 东阿县| 门源| 炎陵县| 西丰县| 叙永县| 洮南市| 清水县| 阜宁县| 榕江县| 法库县| 昆明市| 社会| 宁阳县| 武威市| 安图县| 东方市| 江华| 江山市| 稻城县| 清苑县| 上犹县| 高尔夫| 天峨县| 陵水| 平舆县| 海原县| 顺平县|