中国取消药品最高限价

 　　The National Development and Reform Commission, China's economic regulator, has confirmed the country will lift price controls on most medicines starting from next month.

　　CRI's Huang Shan reports.

　　From June 1, China will relax price controls over the majority of medicines, except narcotics¹ and some listed psychotropic drugs.

　　The head of National Development and Reform Commission's Medicine Price Department, Song Dacai, introduces the importance of this reform.

　　中国取消药品最高限价

　　"The reform will build a new formation mechanism² for medicine prices. Through these means, prices can better reflect the situation of supply and demand in the market. With a more flexible price mechanism, patients' increasing needs for certain medicines can be satisfied; meanwhile, pharmaceutical³ companies will put more efforts towards development and innovation, as well as ensure the quality of medicines."

　　With the reform, authorities are hoping that the price of major medicines can be decided⁴ by the market, and that medical insurance system can have a larger say.

　　Song Dacai stresses that the government will still supervise medicine prices, and serve as a defender⁵ of reasonable prices and orderly medicine market.

　　Insiders believe the move can further boost industry innovation and help medicine makers⁶ become more profitable.

　　Li Chuyuan from the Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Company is one of them.

　　"In the past, though the price of raw materials has increased over five times, we still cannot raise products' price levels. This has hindered our company's development. I think as the reform is being implemented⁷, pharmaceutical companies like us will have more motivation, because the price can be adjusted according to market situations. At the same time, we can better meet patients' needs for low-cost medicines."

　　For consumers, the first thing concerning them is whether medicine prices will rise after the reform.

　　The vice-president of Teda International cardiovascular hospital, Liu Yaping, says that prices may not necessarily go up.

　　"I think after the reform, medicines price will not rise. Moreover, lower medicine price will give more room for hospital's development."

　　China has promised to further relax price controls.

　　The country has already relaxed its grip on low cost medicines, telecom services, tobacco, ports and railways, air transport, natural gas and electricity.

　　For CRI, I'm Huang Shan.

1 narcotics   

n.麻醉药( narcotic的名词复数 )；毒品；毒

参考例句：

• The use of narcotics by teenagers is a problem in many countries. 青少年服用麻醉药在许多国家中都是一个问题。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Police shook down the club, looking for narcotics. 警方彻底搜查了这个俱乐部，寻找麻醉品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

3 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

6 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句