The governments of China and India, among others, oblige their state firms to sell petrol below the international price at the pump, even though they have to buy much of it on the open market.

• 即使在必须从国外市场上购买石油的情况下，中国和印度政府也强制要求他们的国有公司在加油站以低于国际油价的价格出售石油。