The National Development and Reform Commission adjusted sewage treatment charge standard, and promote Investment from private enterprise in PPP model.On 26,January,the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, and the Housing Ministry jointly issued the announcement on issues regarding determining and adjusting sewage treatment charge standard. According to the announcement , before the end of 2016, the standard of sewage treatment charge in principle should not be lower than 0.95 yuan per ton for residents, and not lower than 1.2 yuan for non-residents.If the lowest sewage treatment charge standard can not compensate cost and make profit, the standard should be increased according to the pollution and treatment situation.City,county and administrative towns not charging sewage treatment fee should start to charge no later than the end of 2015, and finish the establishment and application of  treatment plant within 3 years.

   All regions should give a full play to the lever function of price , properly determine sewage treatment charge standard, attract more social capital to participate in the investment,construction, and operation of sewage treatment facilities in the mode of franchising,government service purchase, equity joint, increasing sewage treatment capacity and operation efficiency.The government should  strictly comply with the operation and maintenance contract, appropriate adequate service fee for sewage treatment and operation, ensure the sewage treatment charge fund be specially used for the construction and operation of urban sewage treatment facility, sludge treatment and disposal, encourage the negotiation of sewage treatment unit and sewage discharge unit to determine the sewage treatment fee, increasing marketization degree and efficiency of sewage treatment.