China tariff reform on the 2006-11 agenda

GWI China correspondent Kathy Liu looks at the priorities for the 11th five-year plan.

The Chinese government has put tariff reform at the centre of its strategy for the water sector in its 11th five-year plan (2006-2011). The plan sets a target “to establish a price mechanism able to reflect demand and supply in the market as well as the resource scarcity”. This covers all major natural resources including water and will almost certainly ...

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