The Chinese government will carefully stimulate energy price reform,and gradually build up a new pricing system that is able to reflect the scarcity of energy resources,market supply and demand,as well as any envi- ronmental cost,while taking into consid- eration the various interests of different groups,and their diversified levels of af- fordability. Moving faster on price reform China has managed to keep its en- ergy production price low for a long time, because it only reflects the exploration, The Chinese government will substantially stimulate energy price reform, and gradually build up a new pricing system that is able to reflect the scarcity of energy resources, market supply and demand, as well as any envi- ronmental costs, while taking into consid- eration the various interests of different groups, and their diversified levels of af- fordability. Moving faster on price reform China has managed to keep its en- ergy production price low for a long time, because it only reflects the exploration,