To protect the natural gas market supply, promote energy conservation, improve the efficiency of resource use, recently, the National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice, decided July 10, 2013, the adjustment of non-resident natural gas gate stations, residential natural gas prices are not adjusted .

The notice stipulates that the non-resident natural gas price adjustment, the stock of natural gas into gas and incremental gas. Stock valve stations highest price per cubic meter price increase is not more than 0.4 yuan, of which the highest fertilizer gas not more than 0.25 yuan. The price increment valve station alternative energy (fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gas) prices 85% sure. After adjusting the national average gate price 1.69 yuan per cubic meter increase to 1.95 yuan per cubic meter.

The circular pointed out, China's natural gas price adjustment of the basic idea is that in accordance with the market-oriented, establishing reflect market supply and demand and the scarcity of resources and alternative energy prices linked to the dynamic adjustment mechanism, and gradually straighten out the relationship between parity and alternative energy sources. 2011 National in Guangdong, Guangxi launched a pilot, and achieved the expected results.

The circular clearly, the state managed by the factory gas prices adjusted for the door station link link gate price to the highest ceiling price management, supply and demand sides in the country within the stipulated price negotiated specific price. Gate price less the sales price by the local pricing department management.

Implement gate price in the range of domestic onshore natural gas, pipeline gas imports. To encourage the development of unconventional natural gas, in 2011 has been released shale gas, coalbed methane, coal gas prices, as well as the price of liquefied natural gas source.

Circular requires that all localities and departments concerned and gas production enterprises should attach great importance to carefully deploy, carefully organized and implemented. To strengthen the organization of production, good convergence of supply and demand, to meet the living, fertilizer production and other key demand for gas to protect the natural gas market supply; pricing policy to strengthen the supervision and inspection of price violations severely punished, maintaining natural gas market stability.