市场化,一直是当前经济发展的最直接的动力。很多行业在市场化的过程中,降低了成本,提高了竞争力,更重要的是消费者从中获取了方便和实惠。电力工业也不例外,自20世纪80年代,英国和一些南美国家对电力工业进行市场化改革以来,电力工业行业重构的浪潮席卷全球。近年来,随着中国国民经济的持续稳定发展,电力工业也以很快的速度向前发展,并开始着手准备建立电力市场。该文在对中国电力工业改革进行回顾的基础上,以辽宁省为例介绍了电力市场化试点的情况,并对中国电力市场化中遇到的主要问题进行了分析。——编者 Market-oriented has always been the most direct driver of the current economic development. Many industries in the process of marketization, reducing costs and improve competitiveness, more importantly, consumers gain convenience and benefits. The power industry is no exception. Since the 1980s, the market reforms of the power industry in Britain and some South American countries have taken place, the wave of restructuring in the power industry has swept the world. In recent years, with the continuous and steady development of China’s national economy, the power industry has also been moving forward at a rapid pace and has begun preparations for the establishment of an electricity market. Based on the review of China’s electric power industry reform, this paper introduces Liaoning Province as an example of the pilot of electricity market and analyzes the main problems encountered in the marketization of China’s electric power industry. --editor