Try as it might to outrun market forces, China’s decision to hike electricity prices from June 1 shows that even the mighty mandarins in Beijing cannot ignore basic laws of supply and demand. They finally flinched late on Monday, announcing a roughly 3 percent increase in power prices for non-residential users in a move to combat looming blackouts by stimulating more electricity production and discouraging consumption.
在想方設法超越市場力量而不得之后，中國決定自6月1日起上調電價。這說明，即使是強大的中國官員，也不能無視基本的供需法則。他們終于退縮了，于周一晚間宣布將非居民用電價格上調3%左右，意在通過刺激電商擴大生產和抑制電力消費，抵抗迫在眉睫的電荒。
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