China News Service, Beijing, December 25 (Reporter Wang Qingkai) The "Annual Report on China's Anti-Monopoly Law Enforcement (2019)" released by the State Administration for Market Regulation on the 25th shows that China's anti-monopoly law enforcement has further increased, and law enforcement involves cases involving people's livelihood. More prominent.
The report summarizes the six outstanding features of anti-monopoly enforcement in 2019.
First, law enforcement has been further increased.
In 2019, 43 cases of national monopoly agreements and abuse of market dominance were filed with a fine of 310 million yuan; the number of cases opened increased by 19.4% compared with 2018, the number of closed cases was the same as in 2018, and the amount of fines and forfeiture increased by 11.9%.
Second, law enforcement is more prominent for the people.
Among the cases investigated in 2019, 18 were in the building materials sector, 17 were in the public utility sector, 6 were in the API sector, and 4 were in the communications sector, all of which are closely related to people’s livelihood.
In particular, the organization and implementation of centralized anti-monopoly law enforcement in the fields of APIs and building materials has protected the interests of consumers.
The third is to further standardize law enforcement procedures.
After generally authorizing provincial market supervision departments, the State Administration for Market Supervision has effectively strengthened the guidance of provincial market supervision departments on anti-monopoly law enforcement by establishing and strictly implementing a pre-handling report system, filing and post-handling filing mechanisms.
Fourth, the law enforcement standards are clear and unified.
The State Administration for Market Regulation has made clear provisions on the penalties for monopolistic behavior, requiring provincial market supervision departments to suspend investigations, terminate investigations, or notify administrative penalties, or make recommendations on administrative monopoly cases to be handled according to law or terminate investigations, Report to the State Administration for Market Regulation to unify anti-monopoly enforcement standards and standards across the country.
Fifth, the law enforcement thinking is clearer.
In 2019, the State Administration for Market Regulation formulated and issued a number of regulations to clarify and refine the identification factors of monopoly agreements, abuse of market dominance and abuse of administrative power to exclude and restrict competition as stipulated in the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China.
Sixth, the joint force of the system continues to increase.
After the institutional reform, the State Administration for Market Regulation has generally authorized the provincial market supervision departments to give the provincial market supervision departments more autonomy when investigating and initiating anti-monopoly investigations.
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