While privatization is the reform trend of Chinese urban utilities, like any reform, this reform has its negative effects-corruption is one of the major negative effects.

• 摘要城市公用事业民营化虽然作为中国城市公用事业改革的趋势方向，同任何改革一样，也存在着负面效应，民营化中的腐败就是其主要负面效应之一。