Fuel tax hard to collect in China

时间：2007-03-26 01:10:01

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Chinanews, Beijing, March 22 - In China Development Forum1 2007, Zhang Baoguo, Vice-Minister of National Development and Reform Commission, admitted that it would be difficult to collect fuel tax in China, though China put the composition of practical fuel tax policies on the agenda as early as 2005. In the future, China will stick to its current energy policy of economization2.

 

"Oil products in China are much cheaper than in many other parts of the world, but if the fuel tax is collected, the oil price might become higher than the international level. It might harm the people's interest," said Zhang.

 

"Besides, we must take weak industries like fishery and agriculture into consideration, as current oil price is high enough for them," Zhang added.

 

China will put an end to its expressway tolls4 if the fuel tax is collected. In fact, China has the second-longest toll3 expressways in the world, as it used to rely on loans to build the expressways, and it was natural to collect tolls to repay the loans. However, this change in policy will cause 300 thousand of people who work in toll stations to lose their jobs, which must be take into consideration, too.

 
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1 forum cilx0     
n.论坛，讨论会
参考例句：
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
2 economization 1e98a93bc7137b3f7cf4e8e9d7e4fb2b     
n.节约，节省，节俭的东西
参考例句：
  • The economization of language is a natural phenomenon of social development. 语言的经济化是社会发展的一种现象，其典型文体就是名词体。 来自互联网
  • This machine is a ~ of energy economization. 这台机器是节约能源的样板。 来自互联网
3 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
4 tolls 688e46effdf049725c7b7ccff16b14f3     
（缓慢而有规律的）钟声( toll的名词复数 )； 通行费； 损耗； （战争、灾难等造成的）毁坏
参考例句：
  • A man collected tolls at the gateway. 一个人在大门口收通行费。
  • The long-distance call tolls amount to quite a sum. 长途电话费数目相当可观。

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