Research on the Establishment of Chinese Rural Drinking Water Market

Jian-Fei Leng, Yi-Ran Ding

Finance Department, School of Business, Hohai University, Nanjing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ajibm.2013.31001                

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to research the establishment of Chinese rural drinking water market. On the basis of prior research on rural drinking water and water market, we study the market establishment and analyze trading elements, procedure and modes of Chinese rural drinking water market. Then we explore the operating mechanism of the market, such as the supply and demand mechanism, the price mechanism, the competition mechanism and the support mechanism. This study will conduce to the optimization of the allocation of water resources.

Keywords

Rural Drinking Water; Water Market; Operating Mechanism

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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