在实行社会主义市场经济的今天,邮电通信作为社会的基础设施,不能游离于市场经济大门之外,而要接受现实的考验,形势的挑战.市场经济得以正常运行的核心是健全的市场机制,而市场机制的核心是以价格机制、竞争机制和供求机制这三大机制为主体的.正确认识市场机制的作用,把握市场机制的内涵,对于我们加快发展邮电经济具有重要意义. In today’s socialist market economy, post and telecommunications as social infrastructure can not be separated from the door of the market economy, but to accept the test of reality and the challenge of the situation.The core of the normal operation of the market economy is a sound market mechanism, The core of the market mechanism is based on the three mechanisms of price mechanism, competition mechanism and supply and demand mechanism.It is of great significance to correctly understand the function of the market mechanism and to grasp the connotation of the market mechanism in order to speed up the development of the postal and telecommunications economy.