What will never go up in price?

It has been three years since the mask incident. In the past three years, many people feel that their income has dropped, but prices have kept rising. Even the basic livelihood materials, the price increase is not small. For example, the pork price reached nearly 50 yuan/kg at its peak this year, with a year-on-year increase of over 40%. In addition, there are vegetables. Four or five yuan a catty is only the cheapest, and many people can't afford food.

But if you say that the state does not care about the price control of people's livelihood materials, it is absolutely too one-sided. In fact, there are many materials in China that are closely related to people's lives, and the price has never increased for more than 20 years, greatly reducing the pressure on people's lives. These goods may not attract people's attention, but when it comes to their names, most people will be familiar with them. Do you know what they have?

I. Salt

A pack is 2 yuan, and you can buy it as soon as you use it. Some people will buy more than one package at a time. In the eyes of many people, edible salt is an indispensable material in people's lives, and it is also an indispensable material. But in fact, the importance of salt is not linked to its price. Many people know that salt is just a condiment, but what they don't know is that if a person doesn't eat salt for a long time, it will not only lead to limb weakness, but even lead to hyponatremia and even death in severe cases.

It is precisely because of such an important position that salt has been controlled by the state since ancient times. On the one hand, it is to ensure the quality of edible salt, on the other hand, it is also to stabilize the price and avoid causing public anxiety in a special period. At present, domestic edible salt is a fixed-point production and wholesale system, and non-fixed-point enterprises cannot participate in production and wholesale. It is precisely because of the management of the country that the domestic salt price can be stable for decades.

Second, the electricity bill.

In today's era, if we want to talk about something that a person can't live without, then "electricity" definitely occupies an important position. Since the era of industrialization, electricity has been applied to all aspects of human society. Even in the field of people's livelihood, most tools are inseparable from electricity. Such as electric lights, televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, mobile phones, etc. Even some people can't cook without electricity at home.

Electricity is widely used, and the fluctuation of electricity price is naturally the focus of many people's attention. But in fact, in the last two or three decades, the electricity tariff in China has basically remained at 60 cents, which is as stable as ever. The electricity price adjustment implemented in some places only divides the electricity price into several grades to remind people to save electricity. The perennial stable electricity price naturally saves people a lot of money.

Third, the bus fare.

Many people may drive private cars or ride electric cars to and from work, but most people have had the experience of crowding buses. It can be said that buses absolutely provide most of the transportation capacity of many cities and have made outstanding contributions to the development of cities.

The bus fare price varies from city to city, but it is basically stable all year round. For example, there are many people in first-tier cities, and the bus fare is about 1-2 yuan. In the second, third and fourth tier cities, the bus fare is up to three yuan. Many people even worry about whether the bus is operating at a loss, which shows how close the bus fare is to the people.

Fourth, the phone bill

The telephone bill is definitely closely related to people's lives. Nowadays, smartphones have long been popular.