In a statement Friday, the London-based consumer products maker didn't comment on the NDRC's specific allegations.
Both Unilever and Tingyi have agreed to hold off on price hikes after meeting with the NDRC.
It appears the NDRC contemplates that debt-laden banks and bond-market investors will pick up the large tab.
In early January, the NDRC announced regulations aimed at price fixing, an indirect tactic to get at inflation.
The NDRC also investigated Tingyi and issued it a warning but no fine.
At the end of that month, the NDRC actually prohibited producers of liquor, food, and daily items from hiking them.
The NDRC statement also says that Kong Jingyuan neither made external statements about real estate nor accepted any media interviews.
On the other side of the debate are China's commerce ministry and some members of its National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), which formulates long-term economic strategy.
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The NDRC has warned some companies about the dangers of inflation, pressuring firms that make products including cooking oil, food and soap to steer clear of rapid price rises.
Some projects approved by the NDRC, construction of which was scheduled to start in the second half of this year, have been brought forward to the first half of this year, he said.
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Though Unilever made public statements in March about impending price increases on its products due to rising commodity costs, the NDRC statement released Friday did not suggest Unilever colluded with other consumer-goods makers on prices.
The stimulus project will be sponsored by several government departments, including the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), State Grid and the National Energy Administration, Wang Sicheng, a senior energy researcher from NDRC, said at a solar industry conference in Beijing last week.
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While the 2009 stimulus projects had an average completion time of 2 years, according to Barclays, the NDRC projects have a live span of three to five years, while the regional government plans could be completed within eight years furthermore several of these plans still have no funding plan.
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