China News Service, April 5 (Xinhua) According to the website of the State Administration of Market Supervision, the State Administration of Market Supervision recently issued the "Announcement on Supporting the Prevention and Control of Epidemic Situation and the Reinstatement of Anti-monopoly Law" (hereinafter referred to as "Announcement"). The "Announcement" pointed out that local market supervision departments should strictly and strictly investigate and deal with monopolistic behaviors that impede the prevention and control of epidemic situation and resumption of production and production, and harm the interests of consumers. .

Data figure: Enterprise employees work on the production line. Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Ranyang

The "Announcement" pointed out that a fair competition market environment is an important foundation for enterprises to resume production and production, fully restore the order of production and life, and maintain stable economic operation. In order to further implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on coordinating the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, the General Administration of Market Supervision will strengthen its mission, take proactive actions, better play the role of anti-trust supervision, and strive to create a fair competition market environment To support epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production and production, the relevant matters are announced as follows:

One is to expedite the review of cases involving the concentration of operators involved in the prevention and control of epidemic situations and resumption of production and production in accordance with law. During the epidemic prevention and control period, the centralized declaration of operators continued to be carried out off-site. The applicant can send the electronic version of the application materials and supplementary questions to the E-mail address of the General Administration of Market Supervision (Anti-Monopoly Bureau). If it is not convenient for online processing, it can be sent by post; The fax shall be delivered to ensure the normal operation of the centralized antitrust review by the operators.

The General Administration of Market Supervision has established a green review channel in areas such as pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical equipment and device manufacturing, food manufacturing, transportation, wholesale and retail, which are closely related to epidemic prevention and control and basic livelihood. Tourism and other industries, as well as the concentration of operators implemented for resumption of production and production, conduct a quick review. Through telephone conferences, e-mails, and other off-site forms, it actively strengthens the docking and close communication with the operators, and provides full guidance for the operators to submit complete declaration documents and materials. After the basic documents and materials are complete, the case is filed for review as soon as possible, speeding up the review work in accordance with the law, effectively improving the review efficiency, saving transaction time for the operator, reducing transaction costs, and supporting epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production.

The second is to legally exempt the cooperation agreement of the operators involved in the prevention and control of epidemic situations and the resumption of production. Encourage operators to actively participate in epidemic prevention and control, and speed up resumption of production. The agreement reached by the operator for epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production is conducive to technological progress, improving efficiency, realizing the public interest and protecting the interests of consumers, such as improving technology in the fields of pharmaceutical vaccines, testing technology, medical devices, protective equipment, etc. Research and develop new products; unify product specifications and standards or implement specialized division of labor to improve the quality of prevention and control materials, reduce costs, and increase efficiency; implement social and public benefits such as disaster relief; improve the operating efficiency of small and medium-sized operators If the competitiveness of the operator, etc., complies with the provisions of the Anti-Monopoly Law, the General Administration of Market Supervision will grant an exemption according to law.

The third is strict and strict investigation and punishment of monopolistic behaviors that hinder epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production and production. Operators must strictly operate in accordance with the law. All provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall strictly investigate and deal with monopolistic behaviors that impede the prevention and control of epidemic situations and the resumption of production and production, and harm the interests of consumers. Raw and auxiliary materials, water supply, power supply, gas supply and other public utilities, and operators who are closely related to other people's livelihood in industries and fields to achieve and implement coordinated price increases, restrict production, segment markets, boycott, fix or limit resale prices, etc. Agreements, as well as abuse of market dominance such as unfair high prices, refusal to transactions, restricted transactions, tying or attaching unreasonable transaction conditions, and differential treatment, create a fair competition market environment for epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production, and effectively protect consumer interests . Typical cases are publicly exposed in time.

Fourth, strengthen policy support for fair competition review. Increase support for policies and measures that are conducive to epidemic prevention and control, and resume production and production, and guide policy-making organs to scientifically conduct fair competition reviews. It is necessary to prevent the introduction of policies and measures that include designated transactions, fixed prices, market segmentation, etc., which exclude and restrict competition; it also simplifies the review process and quickly reviews and passes to help protect the production and supply of important prevention and control materials, and help industries that are seriously affected by the epidemic. And regional operators to resume production, overcome difficulties, expand consumption, and stabilize employment policies and measures. For the elimination and restriction of market competition is not serious, and contribute to the realization of poverty alleviation and development, disaster relief and other social security purposes and social public interest policies and measures, the implementation period should be clear.

Market supervision departments at all levels should strengthen communication with policy-making organs, respond to the opinions of policy-making organs in a timely manner, support policy-making organs to effectively improve the efficiency of review, do a good job in fair competition review, and better serve the prevention and control of epidemic situations and resumption of production.

Fifth, we should actively provide anti-monopoly compliance guidance to operators. Strengthen the antitrust compliance guidance for operators, and support operators to establish and improve antitrust legal compliance systems in accordance with their business conditions, scale, and industry characteristics, and comprehensively and effectively carry out antitrust compliance management. Market supervision departments of various provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities should take the initiative to rely on front-end services, actively take actions, and carefully implement anti-monopoly compliance guidelines, guide operators to consciously abide by anti-trust laws and regulations, avoid reaching monopoly agreements with other operators, and prevent market abuse. As for the behavior of dominant position, the concentration of operators shall be implemented in accordance with the law, and the market competition shall be fairly participated.

Support industry associations to strengthen industry self-discipline, actively guide operators in the industry to compete according to law, and actively maintain market competition order.

Sixth, timely respond to anti-monopoly demands for epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production and production. During the epidemic prevention and control period, any unit or individual found that the operator was engaged in a monopoly agreement, abuse of market dominance and other suspected monopoly behaviors, or the administrative authority and organizations authorized by laws and regulations with the function of managing public affairs abused administrative power to exclude or restrict competition. Or if a policy measure is introduced in violation of the fair competition review standards, it may file a complaint and report to the General Administration of Market Supervision.

Operators and consumers can conduct anti-monopoly business consultations, exemption applications, and complaint reports related to epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production to the General Administration of Market Supervision by telephone, e-mail, fax, mail, and public messages on the website. The General Administration of Market Supervision will contact the contact person within 2 working days, actively respond to the demands of operators and consumers, fully protect the fair competition in the market, safeguard the interests of consumers, and provide strong support for epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production.

General Administration of Market Supervision (Anti-Monopoly Bureau) Tel: 010-88650571, 88650592; Fax: 010-68060820; E-mail: fldj@samr.gov.cn; Mailing address: No. 8, Sanlihe East Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100820; Public message website: www.samr.gov.cn.

According to the "Announcement", market supervision departments at all levels should effectively strengthen organizational leadership, strengthen accountability, closely integrate the actual situation of various regions, implement various policies and measures in place, maintain a fair competition market environment, better serve epidemic prevention and control, and support The enterprise resumed production and resumed production.