党的十五大充分肯定了我党从十四大以来发展社会主义市场经济取得的重大成果，并明确提出进一步建立和完善社会主义市场经济体制的要求。在迈向新世纪的征途中，如何发挥社会主义市场经济条件下价格机制的作用，是摆在物价工作者面前的新课题。在建立和发展社会主义市场经济体 The 15th CPC National Congress fully affirmed the major achievements made by our party in developing the socialist market economy since the 14th CPC National Congress and clearly set forth the requirements for further establishing and perfecting the socialist market economic system. In the process of marching toward the new century, how to bring into play the role of the price mechanism under the condition of a socialist market economy is a new task confronting price workers. In establishing and developing a socialist market economy