2002年1月12日,备受关注的“全国部分旅客列车票价实行政府指导价方案听证会”在北京举行。为此,“听证”一词成为2002新年伊始备受关注的词汇。对我国而言,听证制度是一个舶来品,是从国外引进的一种民主、公正的程序制度。引进这样一种程序,无疑有利于保障公民的宪法权利,有利于完善行政机关的行政行为,有利于促进中国行政法治的发展。但也应当看到,听证在具体的实践过程中存在着一些问题。本文拟对听证制度进行透析,对听证制度的渊源、内涵、种类、价值、功能以及听证制度在西方及我国的确立和发展等基本问题进行阐释,对我国听证制度的模式、内容以及目前价格听证中存在的问题进行思考和研究,旨在促进我国听证制度在行政程序和行政法治中良性发展。 On January 12, 2002, much attention was paid on the implementation of the government guidance program hearing ticket for part of the national passenger train fares in Beijing. For this reason, the word “Hearing ” became a term of great concern at the beginning of the New Year 2002. For our country, the hearing system is an imported product and a democratic and impartial procedural system introduced from abroad. The introduction of such a program undoubtedly helps to safeguard the citizens’ constitutional rights and is conducive to improving the administrative behavior of the administrative organs and to promoting the development of China’s administrative law. However, it should also be noted that there are some problems with the hearing in the concrete practice. This paper intends to analyze the hearing system and explain the origin, connotation, category, value and function of the hearing system and the establishment and development of the hearing system in the West and in China. The paper analyzes the mode and content of the hearing system in our country and the current price hearing In order to promote the sound development of our hearing system in administrative procedures and administrative law and order.