中国拟取消沿行两千年的盐业专营_BEC初级作文

中国拟取消沿行两千年的盐业专营

一些学者曾辩称，国家垄断制度实际上在一定程度上造成了食盐遭到污染的现象，在改革制度的同时实施食品质量法律应该有助于提高安全性。在2010年的一篇论文中，武汉大学的孙晋、范舟、秦丽指出，食盐专营意味着，市场上的盐价比中国盐业公司从授权生产商手中收购的价格高出两到三倍。

While the average consumer does not feel the price difference because salt makes up such a small portion of a typical grocery bill, the markup supports a vast and pernicious underground market, the authors wrote. Such salt often does not contain iodine and can have harmful impurities, they noted.

这些作者写道，虽然由于食盐在平时的杂货开销中所占比例较小，普通消费者没有感觉到价格差别，但这种利润支撑着一个规模庞大的、有害的地下市场。他们指出，这种食盐通常不含碘，可能含有有害杂质。

Likewise, the hefty profits create ample incentive for corruption, as companies within the system try to maintain their protected position, the Wuhan University scholars wrote.

武汉大学的学者写道，丰厚的利润同样也带来了足够的腐败动机，该体制中的企业设法维护它们的特权地位。

“Because of legislative omissions and gaps in enforcement, salt monopoly has led to rent seeking, hidden food safety dangers and other forms of malpractice,” they wrote. “Reforming the monopoly should help reduce these behaviors.”