Chinanews Client, February 7th. Recently, the Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council formulated and issued the "Anti-Monopoly Guidelines of the Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council on Platform Economy", clarifying that "choosing one of the two" may constitute an abuse of market dominance to restrict transactions.
From the perspectives of punitive measures and incentive measures, the "Guide" further refines the criteria for judging whether behaviors such as "choose one out of two" constitute restricted transactions: platform operators use blocked stores, search rights, traffic restrictions, and technical barriers. Restrictions on the implementation of punitive measures such as deduction of security deposits can generally be deemed to constitute restricted transactions due to direct damage to market competition and consumer interests; platform operators implement them through incentives such as subsidies, discounts, concessions, and traffic resource support If there is evidence to prove that it has an obvious exclusion or restriction effect on market competition, it may also be deemed to constitute a restricted transaction.