Why did the price of masks suddenly rise?

1, this needs to be viewed from two aspects. The reason for the price increase of masks is that some people looted during the epidemic, so the price increase of masks is inevitable. This is regulated by the market, and there is no reasonable and unreasonable problem. What is really unreasonable or even illegal is the behavior of excessively raising prices or even maliciously driving up prices.

On the other hand, before and after the Chinese New Year, the workers in the mask factory need to raise their wages, and it is understandable that the price will rise slightly. However, businesses that maliciously drive up prices to make a fortune must be severely punished. Moreover, the malicious price increase of merchants is not only immoral, but also suspected of breaking the law. During the prevention and control of sudden infectious diseases and other disasters, whoever, in violation of the provisions of the state on market operation and price management, drives up prices and profiteers, seriously disrupts the market order, and the amount of illegal income is relatively large or there are other serious circumstances, shall be convicted of the crime of illegal operation in accordance with the provisions of Item (4) of Article 225 of the Criminal Law and be severely punished according to law.