February 14, 2014 , China Railway Corporation issued a notice to the average tariff level of rail freight tonne kilometers raised 1.5 points. Meanwhile, China Railway Freight Railway Company announced the pricing of tariffs by the government to government guidance .

Before the 2013 reform of government institutions, national ( including state-controlled ) railway freight rates by the National Development and Reform Commission jointly with the Ministry of Railways management , previous price adjustment file jointly issued by the two ministries . 2013 , the revocation of the Ministry of Railways , after the establishment of the China Railway Corporation , and no management responsibilities transferred to the price established under the Ministry of Transport in charge of the State Railway Administration . Therefore, according to the "Price Law " and the central government pricing catalog , the rail freight price adjustment file a separate dispatch by the National Development and Reform Commission. The National Development and Reform Commission , " NDRC Price [ 2014 ] No. 210" issued " on the adjustment of railway freight tariffs related issues notice ", not only adjusted the tariff level, and according to the State Council requires rail freight rates pricing by the government to government guidance .

Government guidance is the first step to freight rail freight market reform . August 2013 , the State Council issued "on railway investment and financing system reform to accelerate railway construction opinions" ( Guo Fa [ 2013 ] No. 33 ) made ​​it clear : continue to improve rail freight mechanism, promote market-oriented reforms ; create conditions that will rail freight prices by the government to government guidance pricing , tariffs increase flexibility . According to the "Price Law " stipulates that the state implement and gradually improve macroeconomic regulation and control mechanism formed mainly by the market price of most goods and services prices regulated by the market practice , very few prices of goods and services guided by the government or government pricing . Government guidance compared with government pricing , increasing the flexibility of the floating range , the operator can float up or down within the limit of the magnitude of the price range under the circumstances .

The increase rate is also seen as the first step in establishing a new rule of reasonable parity with the road . Opinions of the State Council to rationalize the steady price relationships rail , rail freight market-oriented reforms aim is to develop the principles in accordance with the national railway rail and road freight rates must maintain a reasonable price relations . However, given the current level of road and rail freight target price relationship is still a wide gap between the step should be to rationalize the price level, the eventual establishment of rail freight rates, with road freight prices changing dynamic adjustment mechanism.

The overall price adjustment rail freight tonne kilometers by 1.5 points raised , part of the implementation of special , temporary pipe line tariffs also been adjusted accordingly. Vehicle agricultural fertilizers continue to enjoy preferential free railway construction fund , raised to 0.113 yuan per ton kilometer tariff rate of 0.0976 yuan on ; starting at " base price 1" by 7.90 yuan per ton raised to 9.10 yuan , operating at " base price 2" from the 0.0651 yuan per tonne kilometers increased to 0.080 yuan . Wuxi to Golmud station to South Station , for example, 3,715 km of national railway transport distance per vehicle ( 60 tons ) Potash rail freight ( excluding handling fees, private line charges ) increased from 15,105.00 yuan to 18,016.90 yuan , equivalent per ton of freight rose 48.53 yuan .