No rise in train ticket price during Spring Festival 2008

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planning authority and pricing watchdog, has announced that train ticket prices for the upcoming peak Spring Festival season in 2008 will remain unchanged.

This is the second straight year that the government has ruled out any rise in ticket prices during the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday period, one of the busiest transport seasons apart from the "golden weeks" of May and October.

In the face of rising prices, NDRC will join forces with the Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Communications to work out measures for easing the pressure of fuel consumption for commuters, an NDRC official said at a press briefing Wednesday.

Local governments are required to alleviate the cost burden of transport operators by adjusting local guide prices or using subsidies from central and local budgets.

The NDRC put an end to tradition train ticket prices hike during the Spring Festival for the first time in 2007.

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2008春节车票不涨价

国家发改委,中国最高经济计划官方和价格监督机关,宣布2008年火车票在即将来临的春运高峰期不会变化.

这是政府第二年持续规定中国农历春假期间车票不再上涨.这是除了5.1 10.1黄金周以外交通最繁忙的时节

面对物价的上涨,国家发改委联合铁道部门和交通部门共同努力采取措施来减缓消费者石油消耗带来的压力,一个发改委的官员在周三媒体伤简要说到.

地方政府被要求通过调整地方指导价格或者中央或者地方的预算津贴去减缓交通工作人员的成本负担

国家发改委从2007年春节起第一次开始停止火车票价的上涨