Provisions of State Development Planning Commission on the Clear Marking of the Prices of Goods and Services

Provisions of State Development Planning Commission on the Clear Marking of the Prices of Goods and Services

Order of State Development Planning Commission [2000] No.8

October 31, 2000

Article 1 These Provisions are enacted pursuant to the Pricing Law of the People's Republic of China for the purposes of regulating the pricing activities, maintaining the normal market pricing order, promoting fair, open and lawful market competition and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the consumers and operators.

Article 2 These Provisions shall apply to the pricing activities of sale and purchase of goods or services within the territory of People's Republic of China.

Article 3 For the purposes of these Provisions, the clear marking of prices means the business operators shall openly mark the prices and other related information during the sale and purchase of goods and services in accordance with these Provisions.
For the purposes of the preceding Paragraph, the goods and services which the prices shall be marked clearly refers to the goods and services that apply the market-regulated price, government-guided price, or government-fixed price.

Article 4 The operators marking the prices shall abide by the principles of openness, fairness, honesty and credibility and shall follow the price-related laws and regulations.

Article 5 The price authorities of people's governments above the county level shall be the governing authority for the marking of the prices, and the price supervision and inspection department thereof shall be responsible for supervising and inspecting the implementation of the marking of the prices.

Article 6 The method for price marking shall be uniformly specified by the price authorities of the people's governments at the provincial level.
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