China: fines Alibaba 18.2 billion yuan: antitrust violation
Beijing
April 22, 2021
Directorate General of National Market Supervision and Administration of China:
On April 10, it announced that it would impose an administrative punishment of 18,228 million yuan (29,148 million yen) on the EC Alibaba group.
For companies that opened in Alibaba
The act of forcing “choice of choice”
Allegedly violated antitrust law
“Choice of choice” coercion:
Exclude / limit other platforms
Preventing the free distribution of goods, services and resources
He pointed out that it infringed the interests of the companies and consumers who opened the stores.
State Council Antitrust Committee:
“Antitrust Guidelines in the Platform Economy” promulgated on February 7, 2021
The screening criteria for recognizing the abuse of the market dominant position of the platform company were concretely shown.
March 12,
Internet Tencent,
Search giant Baidu,
DiDi, a ride-hailing service, etc.
It has been decided to impose a fine of 500,000 yuan on each of the 12 companies for violating the Antimonopoly Act because “there was no prior application for business combination”.
Directorate General of National Market Supervision:
Cyberspace Administration of China:
National Tax Administration:
April 13, Baidu, Keito, ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent, etc.
An administrative guidance meeting was held for 34 major platform companies.
–JETRO
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