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title: "China cut prices for about half essential drugs"
meta_description: "China's NDRC announced on Oct 2, 2009, that prices for about 45 percent of essential drugs would fall by 12 percent on average on Oct 22, while 49 percent stayed unchanged and 6 percent of medicines in shortage would rise, involving 296 kinds or 2,349 specific medicines and about 3,000 producers."
publish_date: "2009-10-02"
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author: "亚太财经与发展学院"
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# China cut prices for about half essential drugs
> China's NDRC announced on Oct 2, 2009, that prices for about 45 percent of essential drugs would fall by 12 percent on average on Oct 22, while 49 percent stayed unchanged and 6 percent of medicines in shortage would rise, involving 296 kinds or 2,349 specific medicines and about 3,000 producers.

## 一、详细说明 
Xinhua 20090-10-02
China will cut prices for nearly half of its essential drugs by 12 percent on average on Oct. 22, said theNDRC Friday.
Prices for about 45 percent of the essential medicines will go down by 12 percent on average.
Prices for about 49 percent of the essential medicines will remain unchanged. Prices for about six percent of the medicines in shortage will be raised.
The move aimed to reduce the overall prices of essential drugs to relieve people's burden and to encourage enterprises to provide quality medicines, said an official with the NDRC.
Producers or retailers could set essential medicines prices based on market demand, but they should be no higher than the reference retail prices, said the official who declined to be named.
The price reform this time will involve 296 kinds or 2,349 specific medicines and influence about 3,000 medicine producers.

## 二、引用与来源
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- 机构：上海国家会计学院
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