The retail price of primary and secondary school textbooks in Shandong is generally below 10 yuan in spring.
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the price bureau of Shandong Provincial Price Bureau announced the retail price of textbooks for primary and secondary schools in our province in spring next year, including the textbooks of Chinese, mathematics, English, history, geography and other courses, and the price of about 200 kinds of textbooks for the exercise books. The retail price of primary and secondary school textbooks is generally less than 10 yuan, and the highest priced Chinese textbooks are priced at 11.54 yuan per copy.
Provincial Price Bureau said that the retail prices of textbooks used in primary and secondary schools for primary and secondary schools in the spring of 2013 (including circular textbooks and starting grade textbooks) still follow the notice of the national development and Reform Commission and the General Administration of press and publication on Further Strengthening the price management of primary and secondary school materials, and the publishing and issuing units of each textbook should be strict. Execute the standard of printing, inserting, cover and retail price, and do well the work of price marking and price announcement.
according to the retail price published by the Shandong Provincial Price Bureau, the teaching material for spring in primary and secondary schools of our province next year is generally below 10 yuan per book, such as the physics eight textbook of Shandong science and Technology Press, each retail price is 6.72 yuan of Ideological and moral teaching material of Shandong people's publishing house, and the retail price is between 4.81 yuan and 5.59 yuan per book.
Provincial Price Bureau also asks that all relevant publishers should publish the price of all the teaching materials published by the publishers before the semester is open to the society, including the opening, the number of copies, the price of the press, the retail price and so on. Any violation of the price policy of textbooks should be strictly investigated and dealt with according to law.