中央十五届五中全会明确提出．要进一步转变政府职能，集中精力搞好宏观调控和创造良好的市场环境，进一步放开市场，放开价格。这为新时期物价工作指明了方向。面对新形势，今后价格成本调查工作怎样开展？这是价格主管部门亟待研究解决的问题。我认为，价格成本调查是新形势 The Fifth Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee made it clear. It is necessary to further transform government functions, concentrate on doing a good job in macroeconomic regulation and control and create a good market environment, further liberalize the market and liberalize prices. This pointed out the direction of price work in the new era. Faced with the new situation, how to carry out the investigation of the future price cost? This is the price department urgently need to study and solve the problem. In my opinion, the price cost survey is the new situation